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The 

CONSTITUTION 

and 

REGISTER  OF  MEMBERSHIP 

of  the 

GENERAL 

SOCIETY  OFTHE  WAR  OF  1812 

> 

June  1,  1908. 


Organized  September  14,   1814.     Re-organized  January  9,  1854. 

Instituted  in  Joint  Convention  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 

April  14,  1894. 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 
1908. 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  GENERAL  SOCIETY. 


HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB, 
HENRY  HARMON  NOBLE, 

Publication  Committee. 


PRE38   OF 

THE    LAW   REPORTER   PRINTING   CO. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


CHAMPION  ACCES940I 

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JUL.  25.1938 


Index. 


Officers  of  General  Society,  1908-1910,       .         .         .         .         .  *        5 

Officers  of  General  Society,  1894-1906,        .         .         ...  .  7-15 

Constitution  of  General  Society,          .         .         .         .         ,         .  .       17 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  Pennsylvania  Society,    .         ,  .       25 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  Maryland  Society            .         .  • .       91 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  Massachusetts  Society,            .  .119 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  Connecticut  Society,       .         .  .     135 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  Ohio  Society,          .         4         .  ' .  4     147 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  Illinois  Society        .         .         .  .     157 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  District  of  Columbia  Society,  .    ,.    167 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  New  York  Society,       *•  $         .  .     185 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  New  Jersey  Society,       .         .  .     213 

Register  of  Descendant  Members,  Delaware  Society,           ,         ..  .     225 

Necrology  of  Pennsylvania  Society,     .       .         .         .         .        ,.  .235 

Necrology  of  Maryland  Society, 247 

Necrology  of  Massachusetts  Society,    .                .         .         .         .  ;     253 

Necrology  of  Connecticut  Society,       .......     257 

Necrology  of  Ohio  Society,     .       ...       .         .         .  »      ,:         .  .259 

Necrology  of  Illinois  Society,        .       .  ...-•.      .         ,         .         .  .     261 

Necrology  of  District  of  Columbia  Society,         .         .         .         «  .     263 

Necrology  of  New  York  Society,  .       .       ,;       .         .         .  .     265 

Necrology  of  New  Jersey  Society,       .       .  ,     '>-        .         .         .  .     267 

Necrology  of  Delaware  Society,     .       .       .         ...         .  .     269 

Addenda, .         .         ...     271 

(iii) 


Officers 


OF  THE 

GENERAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812. 

1908-1910. 


President-  General. 
JOHN  CADWALADER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Vice- Presidents-  General. 
REYNOLD  WEBB  WILCOX,  M.  D.  LL.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  EDWARD  CARR,  JR.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

GEORGE  FRANCIS  PIERCE  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Colonel  GEORGE  BLISS  SANFORD  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

GEORGE  MITCHELL  WRIGHT  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  PAGE  BRYAN  (of  Illinois  Society). 

MARCUS  BENJAMIN  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

FRANK  WARNER  THOMAS  (of  New  York  Society). 

APPLETON  MORGAN  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 
JAMES  GRIFFITH  LONGFELLOW  (of  Delaware  Society). 

Secretary-  General. 

CALVIN  LORD  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 
141  Purchase  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Assistant  Secretary -General. 

JOHN  MASON  DULANY  (of  Maryland  Society). 

2331  North  Calvert  Street,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Treasurer-  General. 
GEORGE  HERBERT  RICHARDS,  M.  D.  (of  New  Jersey  Society) . 

ii  Cleveland  Street,  Orange,  N.  J. 

Assistant  Treasurer- General. 

JAMES  MALCOLM  HENRY  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 
2021 1  Street  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Registrar-  General. 

HENRY  HARMON  NOBLE  (of  New  York  Society ). 
Essex,  Essex  County,  N.  Y. 

Surgeon-  General. 
GEORGE  HORACE  BURGIN,  M.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Judge- Advocate-  General. 
Major  JOHN  BIDDLE  PORTER,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Chaplain-  General. 
Reverend  HENRY  BRANCH  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Executive  Committee. 

CHARLES  WILLIAMS  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 
JAMES  DAVIDSON  IGLEHART,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

EDWIN  BIRCHARD  COX  (of  Massachusetts  Society) . 

Reverend  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

DANIEL  HOSMER  GARD  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  CROMWELL  (of  Illinois  Society). 

HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

HENRY  KETCHUM  AVERILL  (of  New  York  Society). 

EDWARD  PACKARD  HOLDEN  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

EDWARD  PORTER  STACEY  (of  Delaware  Society). 


GENERAL  OFFICERS 


OF  THE 


GENERAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 


SINCE 


April  14,  1894 


GENERAL  OFFICERS. 

1894-1896. 

President-  General. 

JOHN  CADWALADER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 
Vice- Presidents-  General. 

JOHN  BIDDLE  PORTER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Commander  FELIX  McCURLEY,  U.  S.  N.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

WILLIAM  LITHGOW  WILLEY,  S.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Colonel  GEORGE  BLISS  SANFORD,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

ORLANDO  W.  ALDRICH,  PH.  D.,  LL.  D.  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  PAGE  BRYAN  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Secretary-  General. 
Captain  HENRY  HOBART  BELLAS,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Assistant  Secretary-General. 
CHARLES  FREDERICK  BACON  PHILBROOK  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Treasurer-  General. 
SATTERLEE  SWARTWOUT  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

Assistant  Treasurer-  General. 
BERNARD  VAN  HORNE  SCHULTZ  (of   Ohio  Society). 

Registrar-  General. 
ALBERT  KIMBERLY  HADEL,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Surgeon-  General. 
GEORGE  HORACE  BURGIN,  M.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Judge- Advocate-  General. 
CHARLES  HENRY  MURRAY  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Chaplain-  General. 
Reverend  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON  (of   Connecticut  Society). 

Executive  Committee. 

Captain  WILLIAM  BAINBRIDGEHOFF,  U.  S.N.,  Chairman  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  EDWARD  CARR,  JR.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

FRANKLIN  THOMASON  BEATTY,  M.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

AUGUSTUS  FLOYD  DELAFIELD  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

HARRY  PARKER  WARD  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  CROMWELL  (of  Illinois  Society). 


10 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 

1896-1898. 


President-  General. 
JOHN  CADWALADER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Vice- Presidents-  General. 

JOHN  BIDDLE  PORTER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  EDWARD  CARR,  JR.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

FRANKLIN  THOMASON  BEATTY,  M.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Colonel  GEORGE  BLISS  SANFORD,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

ORLANDO  W.  ALDRICH,  PH.  D.,  LL.  D.,  D.  C.  L.  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  PAGE  BRYAN  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Rear-Admiral  FRANCIS  ASBURY  ROE,  U.  S.  N.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 
GEORGE  COMSTOCK  BAKER  (of  New  York  State  Society). 

Secretary-  General. 
Captain  HENRY  HOBART  BELLAS,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Assistant  Secretary-General. 
FREDERICK  BACON  PHILBROOK  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Treasurer- General  (pro  tempore}. 
Captain  HENRY  HOBART  BELLAS,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Assistant  Treasurer-General. 
WILLIAM  PORTER  ADAMS  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Registrar-  General. 
ALBERT  KIMBERLY  HADEL,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Surgeon-  General. 
GEORGE  HORACE  BURGIN,  M.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Judge- Advocate-  General. 
CHARLES  HENRY  MURRAY  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Chaplain-  General. 
Right  Reverend  LEIGHTON  COLEMAN,  S.  T.  D.,  LL.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Executive  Committee. 

ROBERT  ADAMS,  JR.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 
JAMES  DAVIDSON  IGLEHART,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

RODNEY  MACDONOUGH  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Reverend  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

HARRY  PARKER  WARD  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  CROMWELL  (of  Illinois  Society). 

MARCUS  BENJAMIN,  PH.  D.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

HENRY  KETCHUM  AVERILL,  JR.  (of  New  York  State  Society). 


11 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 

1898-1900. 


President-  General. 
JOHN  CADWALADER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Vice- Presidents-  General. 

JOHN  BIDDLE  PORTER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  EDWARD  CARR,  JR.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

FRANKLIN  THOMASON  BEATTY,  M.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Colonel  GEORGE  BUSS  SANFORD,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

ORLANDO  W.  ALDRICH,  PH.  D.,  LL.  D.,  D.C.L.  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  PAGE  BRYAN  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Rear-Adtniral  FRANCIS  ASBURY  ROE,  U.  S   N.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

GEORGE  COMSTOCK  BA.KER  (of  New  York  State  Society). 

APPLETON  MORGAN,  LL.  D.  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

Secretary-  General. 
Captain  HENRY  HOBART  BELLAS,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Assistant  Secretary -General. 
RODNEY  MACDONOUGH  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Treasurer-  General. 
CHARLES  WILLIAMS  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Assistant-  Treasurer-General. 
MARCUS  BENJAMIN,  PH.  D.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

Registrar-  General. 

ALBERT  KIMBERLY  HADEL,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 
(Address:  1628  John  Street,  Baltimore,  Md.) 

Surgeon-  General. 
GEORGE  HORACE  BURGIN,  M.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Judge- Advocate-  General. 
ALOYSIUS  LEO  KNOTT  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Chaplain-  General. 
Right  Reverend  LEIGHTON  GOLEM  AN,  S.  T.  D.,  LL.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society) 

Executive  Committee. 

ROBERT  ADAMS,  JR.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 
JAMES  DAVIDSON  IGLEHART,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

AMOS  BINNEY  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Reverend  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

DANIEL  HOSMER  GARD  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  CROMWELL  (of  Illinois  Society). 

HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

HENRY  KETCHUM  AVERILL,  JR.  (of  New  York  State  Society). 

OSCAR  HALSTEAD  CONDIT  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 


12 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 
1900-1902. 


President-  General. 
JOHN  CADWALADER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Vice- Presidents-  General. 

Colonel  JOHN  BIDDLE  PORTER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  EDWARD  CARR,  JR.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

FRANKLIN  THOMAS   BEATTY,  M.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Colonel  GEORGE  BLISS  SANFORD,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Connecticut  Society.) 

ORLANDO  W.  ALDRICH,  PH.  D.,  LL.  D..  D.  C.  L.  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  PAGE  BRYAN  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Rear-Admiral  FRANCIS  ASBURY  ROE,  U.  S.  N  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 
GEORGE  COMSTOCK  BAKER  (of  New  York  Society). 
APPLETON  MORGAN,  LL.  D.  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

Secretary-  General. 
Captain  HENRY  HOBART  BELLAS,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Assistant  Secretary-  General. 
RODNEY  MACDONOUGH  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Treasurer-  General. 
CHARLES  WILLIAMS  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Assistant  Treasurer-  General- 
MARCUS  BENJAMIN,  PH.  D.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

Registrar-  General. 

ALBERT  KIMBERLY  HADEL,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 
(Address,  209  West  Madison  Street,  Baltimore,  Md.) 

Surgeon-  General. 
GEORGE  HORACE  BURGIN,  M.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

fudge-  A  dvoca  te-  General. 
ALOYSIUS  LEO  KNOTT  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Chaplain-  General. 

Right  Reverend  LEIGHTON  COLEMAN,  S.  T.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Bishop  of  Delaware 
(of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Executive  Committee. 

ROBERT  ADAMS,  JR.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 
JAMES  DAVIDSON  IGLEHART,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

AMOS  BIRNEY  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Colonel  HENRY  WALTON  WESSELS  (of  Connecticut  Society). 
DANIEL  HOSMER  GARD  (of  Ohio  Society). 
CHARLES  CROMWELL  (of  Illinois  Society). 
HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 
HENRY  KETCHUM  AVERILL,  JR.  (of  New  York  Society). 
OSCAR  HALSTEAD  CONDIT  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 


13 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 
1902-1904. 


President-  General, 
JOHN  CADWALADER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Vice- Presidents-  General. 
Captain  HENRY  HOBART  BELLAS,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  EDWARD  CARR,  JR.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

CHARLES  WILLIAM  GALLOUPE,  M.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Colonel  GEORGE  BLISS  SANFORD,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

GEORGE  MITCHELL  WRIGHT  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  PAGE  BRYAN  (of  Illinois  Society). 

MARCUS  BENJAMIN,  PH.  D.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

GEORGE  COMSTOCK  BAKER  (of  New  York  Society). 

APPLETON  MORGAN,  LL.  D.  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

JAMES  GRIFFITH  LONGFELLOW  (of  Delaware  Society). 

Secretary-  General. 
HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB  (of  the  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

Assistant  Secretary-General. 
HENRY  HARMON  NOBLE  (of  New  York  Society). 

Treasurer-  General. 
FREDERICK  BACON  PHILBROOK  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Assistant  Treasurer- General. 
WILLIAM  PORTER  ADAMS  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Registrar-  General. 
ALBERT  KIMBERLY  HADEL,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Surgeon-  General. 
GEORGE  HORACE  BURGIN,  M.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Judge- Advocate-  General. 
ALOYSIUS  LEO  KNOTT  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Chaplain-  General. 

Right  Reverend  LEIGHTON  COLEMAN,  S.  T.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Bishop  of  Delaware 

(of  Delaware  Society). 

Executive  Committee. 

ROBERT  ADAMS,  JR.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  DAVIDSON  IGLEHART,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

JAMES  BROWN  THORNTON,  M.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Rev.  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

DANIEL  HOSMER  GARD  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  CROMWELL  (of  Illinois  Society). 

JAMES  MALCOLM  HENRY  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

HENRY  KETCHUM  AVERILL,  JR.  (of  New  York  Society). 

OSCAR  HALSTEAD  CONDIT  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

EDWARD  PORTER  STAGEY  (of  Delaware  Society). 


14 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 
1904-1906. 


President-  General. 
JOHN  CADWALADER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Vice- Presidents-  General. 

Captain  HENRY  HOBART  BELLAS,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  EDWARD  CARR,  JR.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

CHARLES  WILLIAM  GALLOUPE,  M.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Colonel  GEORGE  BLISS  SANFORD,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Connecticut  Society) 

GEORGE  MITCHELL  WRIGHT  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  PAGE  BRYAN  (of  Illinois  Society). 
MARCUS  BENJAMIN,  PH.  D.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

ELIJAH  WARRINER  MURPHEY  (of  New  York  Society). 

HARRY  FERDINAND  BARRELL,  PH.  D.  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

JAMES  GRIFFITH  LONGFELLOW  (of  Delaware  Society). 

Secretary-  General. 
HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB  (of  the  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

Assistant  Secretary-General. 
HENRY  HARMON  NOBLE  (of  New  York  Society). 

Treasurer-  General. 
FREDERICK  BACON  PHILBROOK  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Assistant  Treasurer- General. 
WILLIAM  PORTER  ADAMS  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Registrar-  General. 
ALBERT  KIMBERLY  HADEL,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Surgeon-  General. 
GEORGE  HORACE  BURGIN,  M.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Judge- Advocate-  General. 
ALOYSIUS  LEO  KNOTT  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Chaplain-  General. 

Right  Reverend  LEIGHTON  COLEMAN,  S.  T.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Bishop  of  Delaware 

(of  Delaware  Society). 

Executive  Committee. 

ROBERT  ADAMS,  JR.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  DAVIDSON  IGLEHART,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

JAMES  BROWN  THORNTON,  M.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Rev.  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

DANIEL  HOSMER  GARD  (of  Ohio  Society). 

THERON  ROYAL  WOODWARD  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Captain  MERVYN  CHANDOS  BUCKEY,  U.  S.  A.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

FRANK  WARNER  THOMAS  (of  New  York  Society). 

APPLETON  MORGAN.  LL.  D.  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

EDWARD  PORTER  STAGEY  (of  Delaware  Society). 


15 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 
1906-1908. 

President-  General. 
JOHN  CADWALADER  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Vice-  Presiden  is-  General. 

Captain  HENRY  HOBART  BELLAS,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  EDWARD  CARR,  JR.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

FREDERICK  BACON  PHILBROOK  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Colonel  GEORGE  BLISS  SANFORD,  U.  S.  A.  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

GEORGE  MITCHELL  WRIGHT  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  PAGE  BRYAN  (of  Illinois  Society). 
MARCUS  BENJAMIN,  PH.  D.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

FRANK  WARNER  THOMAS  (of  New  York  Society). 

Rear-Admiral  JOHN  JOSEPH  READ,  U.  S.  N.  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

JAMES  GRIFFITH  LONGFELLOW  (of  Delaware  Society). 

Seer  eta  ry-GeneraL 
HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

Assistant  Secretary-General. 
JOHN  MASON  DULANY  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Treasurer-  General. 
GEORGE  HERBERT  RICHARDS,  M.  D.  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

Assistant  Treasurer- General. 
WILLIAM  PORTER  ADAMS  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Registrar-  General. 
HENRY  HARMON  NOBLE  (of  New  York  Society). 

Surgeon-  General. 
GEORGE  HORACE  BURGIN,  M.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

Judge- Advocate-  General. 
ALOYSIUS  LEO  KNOTT  (of  Maryland  Society). 

Chaplain-  General. 

Right  Reverend  LEIGHTON  COLEMAN,   S.    T.  D.,   LL.  D.,    Bishop    of  Delaware 

(of  Delaware  Society). 

Executive  Committee. 

REYNOLD  WEBB  WILCOX,  M.  D.,  LL.  D.  (of  Pennsylvania  Society). 

JAMES  DAVIDSON  IGLEHART,  M.  D.  (of  Maryland  Society). 

JAMES  BROWN  THORNTON,  M.  D.  (of  Massachusetts  Society). 

Rev.  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON  (of  Connecticut  Society). 

DANIEL  HOSMER  GARD  (of  Ohio  Society). 

CHARLES  CROMWELL  (of  Illinois  Society). 

Captain  MERVYN  CHANDOS  BUCKEY,  U.  S.  A.  (of  District  of  Columbia  Society). 

HENRY  KETCHUM  AVERILL  (of  New  York  Society). 

APPLETON  MORGAN,  LL.  D.  (of  New  Jersey  Society). 

EDWARD  PORTER  STACEY  (of  Delaware  Society). 


Constitution. 


Preamble. 

WHEREAS,  In  the  Providence  of  God,  victory  having  crowned  the 
forces  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  upholding  the  principles  of  the 
Nation  against  Great  Britain  in  the  conflict  known  as  the  War  of  1812; 
we,  the  survivors  and  descendants  of  those  who  participated  in  that  contest, 
have  joined  together  to  perpetuate  its  memories  and  victories,  to  collect  and 
secure  for  preservation,  rolls,  records,  books  and  other  documents  relating 
to  that  period;  to  encourage  research  and  publication  of  historical  data, 
including  memorials  of  patriots  of  that  era  in  our  National  history;  to  care 
for  and,  when  necessary,  assist  in  burying  actual  veterans  of  that  struggle; 
to  cherish,  maintain  and  extend  the  institutions  of  American  freedom,  and 
foster  true  patriotism  and  love  of  country. 

ARTICLE  I. 

NAMB. 

This  Society  shall  be  known  as  the  "General  Society  of  the  War  of 
1812." 

ARTICLE  II. 

ORGANIZATION. 

The  General  Society  shall  be  composed  of  State  Societies,  which  shall 
meet  annually,  on  the  day  appointed  therefor  in  their  respective  by-laws, 
and  oftener  if  they  shall  deem  it  necessary. 

The  State  Societies  shall  choose  annually  such  officers  for  their  own 
government  and  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  set  forth  in  their  respective 
by-laws,  and  shall  transmit  annually  to  the  General  Society  a  list  of  the 
officers  so  chosen  for  the  year  and  such  other  information  as  may  be  of 
interest  to  the  Society  at  large.  Each  State  Society  shall  conform  in  the 

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character  of  its  officials  to  those  of  the  General  Society,  and  shall  regulate 
all  matters  respecting  its  own  affairs,  and  shall  judge  of  the  qualifications  of 
members  therein.  Provided,  always,  That  the  action  of  such  State  Society 
be,  in  all  cases,  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  Constitution. 


ARTICLE  III. 

OFFICERS   AND   EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE. 

The  officers  of  the  General  Society  shall  consist  of  a  President-General, 
a  Vice-President-General  for  each  State  Society  represented,  a  Secretary- 
General  and  Assistant  Secretary-General,  a  Treasurer-General  and  Assistant 
Treasurer-General,  a  Registrar-General,  a  Surgeon-General,  a  Judge-Advo- 
cate-General and  a  Chaplain-General.  They  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot  at 
the  regular  meeting  of  the  Society,  by  and  from  members  in  good  standing, 
and  shall  serve  until  the  next  regular  meeting  or  until  their  successors  are 
duly  chosen. 

There  shall  be  an  Executive  Committee,  consisting  of  the  officers  of  the 
General  Society  and  a  delegate  from  each  State  Society,  to  be  chosen  by 
ballot  at  the  regular  meeting  of  the  General  Society,  upon  selection  by  the 
respective  State  delegation  hereinafter  provided  for.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
said  Committee,  nine  (9)  members  of  which  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  to 
supervise  the  affairs  of  the  General  Society,  as  well  as  the  admission  of 
State  Societies,  and  transact  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  it. 
The  said  Committee  shall  meet  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  once  in  every  six  (6)  months,  during  the  time  intervening 
between  the  meetings  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  General  Society. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

MEETINGS. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  General  Society  shall  be  held  every  second 
year,  on  or  about  the  nineteenth  day  of  June,  being  the  anniversary  of  the 
declaration  of  war  by  the  United  States  against  Great  Britain,  and  special 
meetings  may  be  held  upon  the  order  of  the  President-General,  or  upon  the 
request  of  two  (2)  State  Societies. 

Such  meetings  shall  consist  of  the  officers  of  the  General  Society,  each 
of  whom  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote  and  a  representation  not  exceeding  five 


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(5)  delegates  from  each  State  Society  (one  of  whom  shall  be  the  delegate 
to  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  General  Society),  which  representation 
from  each  State  Society  shall  be  entitled  to  five  (5)  votes. 

At  each  meeting  of  the  General  Society,  the  time  and  place  of  which 
shall  have  been  determined  upon  at  the  preceding  meeting  of  the  Society, 
the  circular  letters  and  other  communications  sent  by  the  State  Societies 
shall  be  considered,  and  where  questions  in  dispute  may  be  referred  to  it, 
the  General  Society  shall  have  power  to  act  thereon. 

ARTICLE  V. 

FORMATION  OF  STATE  SOCIETIES. 

The  General  Society  shall  be  located  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  in  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  Executive  Committee  thereof  shall  have  the  right  at  any  of  its 
meetings  to  warrant,  constitute  and  recognize  one  State  Society  in  any  State 
or  Territory  of  the  United  States,  whenever  ten  (10)  or  more  persons  who 
are  already  members  or  are  eligible  to  membership  in  this  Society,  and 
residing  in  said  State  or  Territory,  shall  apply  for  authority  to  organize 
such  Society,  or  where  such  Society  may  already  be  formed  and  is  approved 
by  this  Society. 

The  style  and  title  of  each  State  Society  shall  be  as  follows:  "The 
Society  of  the  War  of  1812,  in  the  State  of " 

The  members  of  each  such  State  Society  shall  be  borne  upon  the  mem- 
bership roll  of  the  General  Society. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any  male  person  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  (21)  years,  who  partici- 
pated in,  or  who  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  one  who  served  during  the 
War  of  1812,  in  the  army,  navy,  revenue-marine,  or  privateer  service  of 
the  United  States,  offering  proof  thereof  satisfactory  to  the  State  Society 
to  which  he  may  make  application  for  membership,  and  who  is  of  good 
moral  character  and  reputation,  may  become  a  member  of  this  Society 
when  approved  of  by  said  State  Society,  under  such  regulations  as  it  may 
make  for  passing  upon  applications  for  membership. 


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In  case  of  the  failure  of  lineal  descendants  of  an  actual  participant  in 
the  War  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  one  collateral  descendant,  who  is 
deemed  worthy,  may  be  admitted  to  represent  the  said  participant. 

Provided,  always,  That  such  representation  shall  be  limited  to  the  de- 
scendant of  either  a  brother  or  sister  of  the  participant  in  the  War,  in  right 
of  whose  services  application  for  membership  is  made. 

Every  application  for  membership  shall  be  made  in  writing,  upon  such 
form  as  may  be  set  forth  by  this  Society  for  that  purpose,  which  application 
shall  be  made  in  duplicate,  and  one  copy  thereof  filed  in  the  archives  of  the 
General  Society. 

A  member  in  good  standing  may  file  one  or  more  supplemental  appli- 
cations, based  upon  the  services  in  the  War  of  1812  of  either  his  direct 
ancestor  or  of  one  collateral,  who  failed  to  leave  lineal  descendants,  which 
supplemental  application  shall  be  balloted  upon  in  the  same  manner  and 
with  the  same  effect  as  upon  original  applications. 

No  State  Society  shall  elect  to  membership  persons  resident  within  the 
territory  of  another  State  Society,  except  upon  the  written  consent  given 
in  advance  by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  latter  Society.  But  members 
changing  residence  from  one  State  to  another,  or  coming  within  the  juris- 
diction of  a  new  State  Society,  may,  at  their  option,  retain  membership  in 
the  State  Society  in  which  they  were  originally  admitted  or  to  which  .they 
may  have  been  transferred. 

A  member  of  any  State  Society  may  be  admitted  to  membership  by 
action  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  another  State  Society  within  the  bounds 
of  which  he  is  resident  upon  satisfactory  proof  of  his  membership  and  good 
standing  in  the  Society  from  which  he  comes  and  subject  to  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  Society  he  enters;  and  thereupon  his  membership  in  the 
first  Society  shall  terminate. 

An  initiation  fee  shall  not  be  twice  required. 


ARTICLE  VII. 

TRANSMISSION  OF  LISTS   OF   MEMBERS  AND   DUES   FROM   STATE  SOCIETIES. 

The  Secretary  of  each  State  Society  shall  transmit  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  General  Society  a  list  of  the  members  thereof,  together  with  a  list  of 
those  from  whom  said  members  derive  claim  to  membership,  and  thereafter, 


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upon  tha  admission  of  additional  members,  the  Secretary  thereof  shall 
transmit  to  the  General  Society  such  similar  information  respecting  said 
members. 

Each  State  Society  shall  pay  into  the  treasury  of  this  Society  an  entrance 
fee  of  ten  dollars,  and  remit  annually  thereafter  the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents 
for  each  and  every  member  in  good  standing  on  the  rolls  of  such  State  Society « 
so  reported  on  January  first  of  each  year. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

INSIGNIA. 

The  insignia  of  the  Society  shall  consist  of  a  badge  of  gold,  pendant 
from  a  ribbon.  Said  badge  shall  be  in  the  form  of  a  Maltese  cross  (emblem- 
atic of  faith  in  the  justice  of  our  cause),  between  four  (4)  golden  eagles 
(symbolizing  the  four  sections — north,  south,  east,  and  west — of  our  common 
country),  and  resting  upon  an  anchor  of  gold  (representative  of  the  Ameri- 
can Navy,  by  which  so  many  glorious  victories  of  the  War  of  1812  were 
achieved).  The  arms  of  the  cross  to  be  enameled  in  scarlet  with  a  white 
border  and  to  bear  the  insignia,  in  gold,  of  the  four  (4)  arms  of  service 
(infantry,  cavalry,  artillery,  and  naval),  and  in  the  centre  thereof  a  medallion 
of  dark  blue  enamel,  with  the  figures  1812  thereon  in  gold,  surrounded  by  a 
band  of  black  enamel,  bearing  eighteen  (18)  stars  in  gold,  representing  the 
number  of  States  of  the  Union  during  the  period  of  conflict.  The  reverse  of 
said  insignia  to  bear  in  the  centre  of  the  cross  a  wreath  of  oak  leaves  in  gold, 
one-half  inch  in  diameter,  surrounded  by  rays,  and  in  conformity  with  the 
design  submitted  to  the  General  Society.  The  anchor  and  cross  to  be  sus- 
pended from  the  ribbon  by  a  ring  of  gold. 

The  ribbon  shall  be  of  watered  silk,  dark  blue  in  the  centre,  with  white 
and  black  stripes  on  the  sides  successively,  and  edged  with  scarlet;  the 
entire  ribbon  to  be  one  and  one-half  inches  in  width  and  the  same  dimen- 
sions in  displayed  length. 

The  insignia  shall  be  worn  on  the  left  breast  by  the  members  of  the 
Society  at  all  general  meetings,  on  all  occasions  of  ceremony,  or  when  they 
shall  assemble  for  any  stated  purpose  or  celebration.  Officers  and  past 
officers  of  the  General  Society  and  of  the  State  Societies  may  wear  the 
insignia  suspended  from  a  neck  ribbon.  On  all  other  occasions,  other  than 
those  specified  above,  members  may  wear  a  rosette  of  the  prescribed  ribbon 
and  pattern  in  the  upper  buttonhole  of  the  left  lapel  of  the  coat,  which 


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rosettes,  like  the  insignia,  shall  be  procured  and  issued  by  the  Secretary- 
General  of  the  Society,  by  whom  a  record  of  all  such  issues  to  members 
will  be  kept.  The  insignia  shall  never  be  worn  as  an  article  of  jewelry  or 
ornament,  and  should  be  returned  to  the  Society  on  the  resignation  or 
expulsion  of  a  member,  but  otherwise  it  shall  be  deemed  an  heirloom. 

The  custodian  of  the  insignia  shall  be  the  Secretary-General,  who  shall 
issue  the  same  to  members  of  the  State  Societies  under  such  rules  as  may 
be  formulated  by  the  General  Society. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

SEAL. 

The  seal  of  the  Society  shall  be  two  and  one-half  inches  in  diameter, 
and  shall  consist  of  an  eagle  displayed  in  the  centre  of  the  seal,  holding  in 
his  talons  the  American  flag  of  the  period  (of  fifteen  stars),  with  rays  of  a 
rising  sun  above,  and  wreaths  of  oak  and  laurel  (emblematic  of  the  valor 
and  victory  of  our  soldiers  and  sailors),  with  trophies  of  cannon,  musket, 
sword  and  anchor,  below.  The  motto  of  the  Society,  "  For  our  Country's 
Rights,"  to  be  placed  above  the  sun's  rays  in  small  Roman  capital  letters, 
and  the  whole  to  be  encircled  with  a  ribbon  one-fourth  of  an  inch  wide, 
bearing,  in  plain  Roman  capital  letters,  the  legend,  "General  Society  of 
the  War  of  1812.  Founded  1814."  The  seal  to  be  in  conformity  with  the 
design  submitted  to  the  General  Society.  The  Secretary- General  shall  be 
the  custodian  of  the  seal,  which  shall  be  used  only  for  the  purposes  desig- 
nated by  the  Society. 

ARTICLE  X. 

CERTIFICATE    OF   MEMBERSHIP. 

Each  member  of  the  Society  shall  be  entitled  to  a  certificate  of  member- 
ship, which  shall  be  signed  by  the  President,  Secretary,  and  Registrar  of  the 
State  Society  to  which  he  may  belong,  as  well  as  by  the  President-General, 
Secretary- General,  and  Registrar-General  of  the  General  Society,  and  to 
which  the  seal  of  the  Society  shall  be  affixed. 

The  form  shall  be  as  follows: 

GENERAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812. 

Be  it  known  that 

has  been  duly  admitted  a  member  of  this  Society  in  right  of  the  services  of 


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his  ancestor, (from 

whom  he  is degree  in  descent),  in  the  War  of  1812  for  American 

Independence. 

Dated  at  the  City  of   Philadelphia   and  State   of   Pennsylvania,  this 

day  of in  the  year 

of  our  I<ord  one  thousand hundred  and and 

of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States  of  America,  the  one  hundred 
and.... 


President-General. 


President  of  the  Society. 

Attest: 

geal        :  Secretary-General. 

of  the 
Society. 

Secretary  of  the  Society. 


Registrar-  General. 
Registrar  of  the  Society. 


ARTICLE  XI. 

AMENDMENTS, 

No  alteration  or  amendment  shall  be  made  to  this  Constitution  until  a 
written  resolution  to  that  effect  be  offered  at  a  meeting  of  this  Society,  con- 
sidered and  approved  by  two-thirds  of  the  State  Societies,  and  at  the  next 
or  some  subsequent  meeting  of  the  General  Society,  be  ratified  by  the  votes 
of  the  majority  of  the  ofiicers  and  delegates  present. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 


IN  THE 


COMMONWEALTH  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 


Officers 


OF  THE 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 

IN  THE  COMMONWEALTH  OF  PENNSYLVANIA, 
From  its  Organization,  January  9, 


Presidents. 

JOEL  BARLOW  SUTHERLAND,  Jan.  9,  1854,  to  Nov.  24, 1861. 
PETER  HAY,  July  4,  1862,  to  Nov.  15,  1879. 
JOHN  DIPOLT  HESTER,  July  5,  1880,  to  Nov.  5,1880. 
THOMAS  BRADFORD  DARRACH,  Jan.  8,  1881,  to  Nov.  26,  1884. 
JOHN  STALLMAN,  Jan.  8,  1885,  to  Nov.  10,  1890. 
JOHN  CADWALADER,  Jan.  8,  1891, 


Secretaries. 

HIRAM  AYRES, 

JOHN  HENRY  FRICK, 

JOHN  B.  SPRINGER, 

THOMAS  BRADFORD  DARRACH, 
*PETER  STUART  HAY, 

CAPTAIN  HENRY  HOBART  BELLAS,  TJ.  S.  A., 
fjAMEs  VARNUM  PETER  TURNER, 
JSAMUEL  BABCOCK  CROWELL, 

JOHN  EDGAR  BURNETT  BUCKENHAM, 


1854  to  1860. 
1860  to  1872. 
1872  to  1877. 
1877  to  1880. 
1880  to  1894. 

1894  to  1895. 

1895  to  1902. 
1902  to  1907. 
1907 


Treasurers. 


JAMES  BENNERS, 
ALEXANDER  B.  THOMPSON, 
PETER  STUART  HAY, 
HENRY  MARTYN  HOYT, 
ADAM  ARBUCKLE  STULL, 
EDWARD  STALKER  SAYRES, 

*Served  as  Assistant  Secretary  from 
fServed  as  Assistant  Secretary  from 
JServed  as  Assistant  Secretary  from 


1857  to  1880. 
1880  to  1887. 
1891  to  1893. 

1893  to  1894. 

1894  to  1906. 
1906 

February  22,  1876. 
February  19,  1894. 
February  18,  1899. 
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Veteran. 
Veteran. 
Veteran. 
Veteran. 
Veteran. 


Veteran. 


Veteran. 


Veteran. 


Officers 


OF  THE 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 

IN  THE  COMMONWEALTH  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 

Organized  January  9,  1854.  Re-organized  January  8,  1891. 

Incorporated  November  19,  1892. 


1908. 


President. 

JOHN  CADWALADER. 
Vice- Presidents. 

Major  JOHN  BIDDLE  PORTER,  U.  S.  A. 

REYNOLD  WEBB  WILCOX,  M.  D.,  LL.  D. 

Major-General  JOHN  RUTTER  BROOKE,  U.  S.  A. 

PERSIFOR  FRAZER.  D.  Sc.  (Un.  de  France). 

CHARLES  WILLIAMS. 

Secretary. 

JOHN  EDGAR  BURNETT  BUCKENHAM. 
Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Treasurer. 
EDWARD  STALKER  SAYRES. 

Registrar. 
WILLIAM  ELLISON  BULLUS. 

Historian. 
Reverend  HORACE  EDWIN  HAYDEN. 

Assistant  Secretary. 
STOCKTON  WHITE  JONES. 

Chaplain. 
Reverend  ARNOLD  HARRIS  HORD. 

Executive  Committee. 

GEORGE  HORACE  BURGIN,  M.  D.,  Chairman. 

RUSSELL  DUANE. 

PETER  STUART  HAY. 

JAMES  WATTS  MERCUR. 

HARRIS  ELRIC  SPROAT. 

Pay   Director  RE  AH    FRAZER,   U.  S.  N. 

ADAM  ARBUCKLE  STULL. 
SAMUEL  BABCOCK  CROWELI/. 

STEPHEN  BLAKELY  FOTTERALL. 
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DELEGATES. 


Delegates  to  the  Biennial  Meeting  of  the  General  Society  of  the   War  of  1812. 

REYNOLD  WEBB  WILCOX,  M.  D.,  LL.  D. 

CHARLES  WILLIAMS. 

EDWARD  STALKER  SAYRES. 

SAMUEL  BABCOCK  CROWELL. 

JOHN  EDGAR  BURNETT  BUCKENHAM. 

Alternates. 

Reverend  ARNOLD  HARRIS  HORD. 

LEWIS  EUGENE  BEITLER. 

HENRY  WILSON  RUPP. 

ROBERT  PATTERSON. 

HENRY  DARRACH. 


Descendant  Members 


OF  THE 


PENNSYLVANIA  SOCIETY. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891 .     ABBOT,  CHARLES  WHEATON,  JR.  ,  Major,  U.  S.  Army  (Retired) ,     53 

Warren,  Rhode  Island. 

Grandson  of  Joel  Abbot  ( 1855),  Midshipman,  United  States 

Navy,  June  18,  1812;  Lieutenant,  April  1,  1818;  Commander, 
Decembers,  1838;  Captain,  October  3,  1850.  Died  in  service 
December  14,  1855-  Served  under  Commodore  Thomas  Mac- 
donough,  United  States  Navy. 

1897.    ALFORD,  GEORGE  WILLIAM,  396 

1227  North  Thirtieth  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Reuben  Gilder  (1775-1848),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Captain,  second  company  of  detachment  of  (Philadelphia) 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Peter  L.  Berry, 
"Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier 
General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  August  23,  1814-January  5, 
1815. 

1899.    ALFORD,  REUBEN  GILDER,  402 

340  North  Twenty-second  Street,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  Reuben  Gilder  (1775-1848),  in  United  States 
service  as  Captain  of  detachment  of  (Philadelphia)  Pennsyl- 
vania Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Peter  L.  Berry,  "Advance 
Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier  General 
Thomas  Cadwalader,  August  23,  1814-January  5,  1815. 

31 


32 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.     ALLEN,  JOHN  VINCENT,  M.  D.,  384 

4637  Frankford  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  John  Allen  (1790-1854),  in  United  States  service 
forty-eight  days  as  Private,  Captain  William  Brown's  company, 
Sixth  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant William  McDonald.  Participated  in  Battles  of  North 
Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1891.  ALLEN,  THEODORE  LATHROP,  43 

Pittsfield,  Mass. 

Grandson  of  Moses  Allen,  commissioned  Ensign  in  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Matthew  Trotter's  Regiment  (Albany  County),  New 
York  Militia,  February  11,  1811;  in  United  States  service  as 
Adjutant  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Rogers' 
Regiment,  New  York  Militia,  September  5-December  7,  1814. 

1892.  ATKINSON,  BENJAMIN  WALKER,  Major,  United  States  Army,       109 

11 00  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Henry  Atkinson  ( 1842),  Captain  Third  In- 
fantry, United  States  Army,  July  3,  1808;  Colonel  and  Inspec- 
tor General,  United  States  Army,  April  25,  1813;  Colonel 
Forty-fifth  Infantry,  April  15,  1814;  transferred  to  Thirty- 
seventh  Infantry,  April  22,  1814,  and  to  Sixth  Infantry,  May  17, 
1815;  subsequently  Brevet  Brigadier  General.  Died  in  service, 
June  14,  1842. 

Grandson  of  Benjamin  Walker  (1801-1858),  served  with 
American  forces  in  repulse  of  British  at  Fort  Cassin,  mouth 
of  Otter  Creek,  Vermont,  May  14,  1814;  subsequently  Major 
United  States  Army. 

1895.     AVERY,  FRANK  MONTGOMERY,  298 

41  Park  Row,  New  York  City. 

Great-grandson  of  Ebenezer  Avery,  Third  (1 762-1842) ,  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Lieutenant  Thomas  Allen,  Junior's, 
Company,  Connecticut  Militia,  June  13-July  13,  1813,  at  New 
London,  and  in  Lieutenant  Amos  Williams'  Company,  August 
16-27,  1814,  in  defense  of  Stonington. 


33 

KLECTED.  STATE  No. 

1893.     BAILEY,  JOSEPH  TROWBRIDGE,  196 

The  Bailey  Building,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  Major  Bailey,  Private,  New  York  Militia. 

1896.     BAIRD,  JAMES,  371 

915  Mutual  Life  Building,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Francis  Cooper  (1789-1870),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Second  Lieutenant,  Sixth  Company,  Captain  John  Schwep- 
penheiser,  of  Colonel  John  Thomson's  Regiment,  Second  Bri- 
gade, First  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  14,  1814 — 
January  5,  1815- 

1898.  BAIRD,  WILLIAM  MERCER,  399 

915  Mutual  Life  Building,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Francis  Cooper  (1789-1870),  in  United 
States  service  as  Second  Lieutenant,  Sixth  Company,  Captain 
John  Schweppenheiser,  of  Colonel  John  Thomson's  Regiment, 
Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1814,  January  5,  1815. 

1899.  BAKER,  GEORGE  FALES,  M.  D.  [Life  Member],  401 

Broad  and  Locust  Streets,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Lewis  Rush  (1764-1836),  in  United  States 
service  as  Colonel,  Fourth  Detachment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer 
Militia,  May  13-June  18,  1813. 

1893.    BAKER,  GEORGE  LIVINGSTON,  227 

60  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Henry  Beals  ( 1863),  Private,  Massachusetts 

Militia. 

1905.     BANKS,  GEORGE  WASHINGTON,  452 

2043  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Stow  (1779-1844),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Eli  L.  Hawley's  Company,  Con- 
necticut Militia,  August  3-September  16,  1813. 

8538-3 


34 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1908.     BARRATT,  HON.  NORRIS  STANLEY,  470 

Judge,  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Philadelphia. 
Great-grandson  of  Robert  Dill,  M.  D.  (1778-1819),  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain,  Fifth  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia,  "4 
days  in  the  month  of  March"  1813  and  April  6-May  2,  1813. 
Adjutant  General  of  Delaware  April  28,  1814. 

1897.     BARREL,  HARRY  FERDINAND,  PH.  D.,  387 

794  Broad  Street,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Wood  (1788-1834),  in  United  States 
service  as  Captain  of  a  company  of  Riflemen  in  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Jonathan  Varian's  Regiment  of  Light 
Infantry  and  Riflemen,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  August 
18-September  18,  1814. 

1905.     BEHM,  JOHN  WILWAM,  456 

420  Reading  Terminal,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  George  Helmbold  (1778-1821),  enlisted  May 
7,  1812,  for  five  years,  as  Sergeant  in  Captain  Mordecai  Myers' 
Company,  Thirtieth  Regiment  of  Infantry,  United  States 
Army,  Colonel  Peter  Philip  Schuyler;  Ensign,  same  regiment, 
May  13,  1813;  Third  Lieutenant,  August  15,  1813;  Second 
Lieutenant,  January  31,  1814;  Quartermaster,  September  18, 
1814.  Honorably  discharged,  June  15,  1815. 

1903.    BEITLER,  LEWIS  EUGENE,  433 

1921  North  Thirty-third  Street,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  Conrad  Marklee  (1787-1872),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Joseph  Murray's  Company,  First 
Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle,  "Ad- 
vance Light  Brigade,"  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader, 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  September  6,  1814-January  4,  1815. 


35 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.     BELL,  WILLIAM  DUFFIEU>,  M.D.,  327 

160  West  Eighty-third  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  William  Duffield  Bell  (1793-1841),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  Christian  Andrew's  Com- 
pany, Fifth  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  August  19-October  26,  1814. 
Participated  in  the  Battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24,  and  North 
Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1892.     BENHAM,  HENRY  Hiu,,  Major,  United  States  Army,  102 

Fort  Ontario,  New  York. 

Grandson  of  John  McNeil  (1784-1850),  Captain  Eleventh  In- 
fantry, United  States  Army,  March  12,  1812;  Major,  August 
15,  1813;  brevetted  Lieutenant  Colonel  for  distinguished 
and  meritorious  services  at  Chippewa,  Canada,  July  5, 
1814;  brevetted  Colonel  for  gallant  and  distinguished  con- 
duct as  Commander  of  the  Eleventh  Infantry  at  Battle  of 
Niagara,  Canada,  July  25,  1814;  subsequently  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  and  Brevet  Brigadier  General.  Resigned  April  23, 1830. 

1892.  BIDDI/B,  JOHN,  Major,  United  States  Army,  13! 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  John  Biddle  (1792-1859),  Second  Lieutenant, 
Third  Regiment  Artillery,  United  States  Army,  July  6,  1812; 
First  Lieutenant,  same  regiment,  March  13,  1813;  Captain  Forty- 
second  Regiment  Infantry,  October  1,  1813;  transferred  to 
Corps  of  Artillery,  May  17,  1815.  Honorably  discharged  June 
1,  1821. 

1893.  BIDDLE,  WILUAM  SHEPARD,  JR.  ,  Captain,  United  States  Army,    184 

Military  Attache,  U.  S.  Embassy,  Berlin,  Germany. 
Grandson  of  John  Biddle  (1792-1859),  Second  Lieutenant 
Third  Regiment,  United  States  Artillery,  July  6,  1812;  First 
Lieutenant,  same  regiment,  March  13,  1813;  Captain,  Forty-sec- 
ond Regiment  United  States  Infantry,  October  1,  1813;  trans- 
ferred to  Corps  of  Artillery,  May  17,  1815.  Honorably  dis- 
charged June  1,  1821. 


36 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1893.  BONNAFFON,  FERDINAND  VICTOR,  208 

Broad  and  Locust  Streets,  Philadelphia. 

Son  of  Anthony  Bonnaffon( 1860),  Second  Lieutenant,  Thirty- 
Second  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  May  17,  1813; 
First  Lieutenant,  May  16,  1814,  and  Adjutant,  same  regiment, 
August  31,  1814.  Honorably  discharged  June  1 5 ,  1815. 


1893.     BONNAFFON,  SYLVESTER,  JR., /ID.  1b.  Brevet  Lieutenant  209 

Colonel,  United  States  Volunteers, 

3439  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Anthony  Bonnaffon  ( 1860),  Second  Lieuten- 
ant, Thirty-second  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army, 
May  17,  1813;  First  Lieutenant,  May  16,  1814,  and  Adjutant, 
same  regiment,  August  31.  1814.  Honorably  discharged  June 

15,  1815. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Allen  McClintock,  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  "State  Guards,"  Captain  Henry  Meyers,  Ninth 
Company,  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry, 
Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle,  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader, 
September  17,  1814-January  3,  1815. 

1897.     BONNAFFON,  SYLVESTER,  3D,  First  Lieutenant,  United  383 

States  Army,  War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson   of   Anthony   Bonnaffon    ( I860),  Second 

Lieutenant,  Thirty-second  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States 
Army,  May  17,  1813;  First  Lieutenant,  May  16,  1814,  and 
Adjutant,  same  regiment,  August  $i,  1814.  Honorably  dis- 
charged June  15,  1815- 

1904.     BOSTON,  LEONARD  NAPOLEON,  M.  D.,  448 

1531  South  Broad  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Septimus  Bacon  (1794-1861),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Ezra  Adam's  Company,  Connecti- 
cut Militia,  September  14-November  11,  1813. 


37 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1907.     BOYD,  JAMES  KNOX  POLK,  465 

2049  North  Carlisle  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Rust  (1781-1863),  Private,  Captain  Charles 
Pennington's  Company,  "Baltimore  Independent  Artillerists," 
First  Regiment  of  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  David  Harris, 
Maryland  Militia.  Participated  in  the  Battles  of  North  Point 
and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1894.  BRICE,  PHILIP  HOWARD,  276 

2206  De  Lancey  Place,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Nicholas  Brice  (1771-1851),  special  Judge 
Advocate  on  the  staff  of  Major  General  Samuel  Smith,  com- 
manding Third  Division  of  Maryland  Militia.  In  the  service  of 
the  United  States  at  Battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry, 
September  12-13,  1814. 

1902.  BRODHEAD,  ROBERT  PACKER,  432 

Kingston,  I/uzerne  County. 

Grandson  of  Garrett  Brodhead   (1793 )»  Private,   Captain 

Adam  Hawk's  Company,  First  Detachment,  Colonel  Christian 
J.  Hutter,  Second  Brigade,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  in  United 
States  service  October,  1814. 

1891.  BROOKE,  JOHN  RUTTER,  Major  General,  United  States  Army,       44 

Rosemont. 

Son  of  William  Brooke,  in  United  States  service  as  Private, 
Eleventh  Company,  "Washington  Guards"  of  Reading,  Berks 
County,  Captain  Daniel  De  B.  Keim,  First  Regiment,  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle,  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers,  September  12,  1814-January  2,  1815. 

1896.     BUCHANAN,  HON.  WILLIAM  INSCO,  360 

34  Gates  Circle,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Great-grandson  of  George  Buchanan  (1781-1862),  commis- 
sioned Captain,  Third  Company,  Second  Battalion,  Fourth  Regi- 
ment, Second  Brigade,  Fifth  Division,  Ohio  Militia,  December 
24,  1809. 


38 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1901.       BUCKENHAM,  JOHN  EDGAR  BURNETT,  422 

Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Huston,  Jr.  (1784-1870),  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain  of  a  company  of  Volunteer  Riflemen 
in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Joel  Barlow  Sutherland's  Regiment  of 
Volunteer  Riflemen,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Pennsyl- 
vania Militia,  September  13,  1814-January  3,  1815,  at  Marcus 
Hook. 

1891.     Buixus,  WILLIAM  EU.ISON,  60 

162  West  Penn  Street,  Germantown,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  John  Bullus,  Navy  Agent  of  Port  of  New  York, 
1808-1818. 

1893.    BURGIN,  GEORGE  HORACE,  M.  D.,  181 

63  West  Chelten  Avenue,  Germantown,  Philadelphia. 

Grandnephew  of  John  Burgin    (1791-1819),  in  United  States 

service   as   Private,  Captain  Joseph   Potter's   Company,    Ohio 

Militia,  August  23-September  19,  1812. 

Great-grandson  of  Jacob  L,entz  (1763-1832),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  William  Holdgate's  Company, 
Second  Regiment,  Colonel  Louis  Bache,  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers, attached  to  First  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  Samuel 
Smith,  Second  Division,  Major  General  Henry  Scheetz,  Penn- 
sylvania Militia,  August  12-November  29,  1814. 

1891.     CADWALADER,  JOHN,  8 

263  South  Fourth  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Cadwalader  (1779-1841),  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral Commanding  the  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  of  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers,  for  the  defense  of  Philadelphia,  six  months 
from  September  12,  1814. 


39 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1901.     CADWALADER,  JOHN,  JR.,  424 

1519  Locust  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Thomas  Cadwalader  (1779-1841),  in  United 
States  service  as  Brigadier  General  Commanding  "Advance 
Light  Brigade,"  of  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  for  the  defense  of 
Philadelphia,  six  months  from  September  12,  1814. 

1896.     CALDER,  CHARLES  GRANT,  369 

New  Baltimore,  Greene  County,  New  York. 
Great-grandson  of  Moses  Grinnell  (1781-1827),  Master's  Mate, 
United  States  Navy,  March  11,  1812-September  13,  1815; 
served  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  Flotilla. 

1895.  CALHOUN,  JOHN  FRANKLIN,  292 

809  Guaranty  Loan  Building,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Great-grandson  of  David  Calhoun  (1757-1834),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  John  Wallace's  Company, 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  attached  to  First  Regiment,  Second 
Detachment,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  Brigadier  General  Richard 
Crooks,  October  2,  1812-April  2,  1813. 

1892.     CASE,  DAVID  BRAINARD,  Captain,  United  States  Army,  161 

Fort  McPherson,  Georgia. 

Grandson  of  William  G.  Scott  ( 1868),  Ensign,   Fifteenth 

Infantry,  United  States  Army,  March  12,  1812;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, September  15,  1812.  Resigned  May  31,  1813. 

1896.  CHAMBERS,  CHARLES  HOUGHTALING,  356 

210  St.  Mark's  Square,  Philadelphia. 

Son  of  Ralph  Chambers  (1789-1857),  enlisted  at  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  April  8,  1813,  as  Private  in  Captain  William  Smith's  Com- 
pany, Sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army;  trans- 
ferred to  Captain  Alexander  Ramsay  Thompson's  Company, 
Second  Infantry.  Honorably  discharged  April  7,  1818,  a  Private 
in  Captain  William  Gates'  Company,  United  States  Artillery, 
to  which  he  had  been  transferred.  Participated  with  his  regi- 
ment in  the  Battles  of  Stony  Creek,  June  6,  1813;  Chateaugay, 
October  26,  1813;  French  Creek,  November  1-2,  1813,  and 
Chippewa,  October  15,  1814. 


40 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.     CHAPMAN,  PAUL  GODDARD,  241 

29  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Ebenezer  Chapman  (1795-1875),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Samuel  Collins'  Company,  First 
Regiment,  New  Hampshire  Detached  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Nathaniel  Fisk,  three  months  from  September  12, 
1814. 

1894.     CHAUNCEY,  HARRY  DAVID,  253 

311  West  Ninety-seventh  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  John  E.  W.  Stevenson  (1793-1846),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  James  B.  Murray's  Com- 
pany of  New  York  Artillery,  Major  Commandant  Daniel  E. 
Dunscomb's  Battalion  of  Governor's  Guards,  New  York  State 
Militia,  September  2-December  3,  1814,  at  The  West  Battery, 
New  York  City. 

1892.     CLEMENT,  CHARLES  MAXWELL,  149 

Sunbury. 

Grandson  of  Evan  C.  Clement,  in  United  States  service  as  Ser- 
geant Major,  L/ieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joshua  L/add 
Ho  well's  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Militia,  September  23-Decem- 
ber  22,  1814. 

1891.     COLLINS,  HOLD  RIDGE  OZRO,  73 

620  San  Fernando  Building,  L/os  Angeles,  Cal. 
Grandson  of  Anthony  Van  Etten  (1779-1821),  in  United  States 
service  as  First  Sergeant,  Captain  Daniel  Curtice's  Company, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Philetus  Swift's  Regiment, 
New  York  Militia,  April  25-July  16,  1812.  Wounded  at  Black 
Rock,  N.  Y.  Subsequently  commissioned  Ensign  and  Lieu- 
tenant, New  York  State  Militia. 


41 

ELECTED.  8TATH  No- 

1891.     COMEGYS,    WILLIAM    HENRY,    Colonel,    Pay  Department  87 

United  States  Army,  Army  Building,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Cornelius  Parsons  Comegys  (1780-1851),  in  United 
States  service  as  Major  of  Fifth  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia. 
Served  in  the  defense  of  Lewes,  Delaware,  at  the  bombard- 
ment by  the  British,  April  6-7,  1813.  Adjutant  General,  Dela- 
ware Militia,  September  5,  1814;  Lieutenant  Colonel  Command- 
ant, Fifth  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia,  December  26,  1814. 

1897.     COOK,  JOSEPH  TOTTENHAM,  M.  D.,  383 

636  Delaware  Avenue,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Tottingham  (1783-1859),  Wagoner  in 
Captain  Caleb  Hendee,  Junior's,  Company  of  Volunteers  from 
Pittsford,  Rutland  County,  Vermont,  at  battle  of  Plattsburg, 
September  11,  1814. 

1891.     CORBUSIER,    WILLIAM   HENRY,  Lieutenant  Colonel,  United        16 
States  Army  (Retired), 

612  Park  Avenue,  Plainfield,  New  Jersey. 

Grandson  of  Stephen  Myers  (1794-1849),  Private  in  Captain 
John  Snedeker's  Company,  Eighty-third  Regiment  (Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Benjamin  J.  Gurnee),  New  York  State 
Militia,  1814. 

Great-grandson  of  Alexander  Sloat  (1772-1833),  in  United 
States  service  as  Sergeant,  Captain  Daniel  E.  Tylee's  Company, 
Second  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Isaac 
Alvan  Van  Hook,  Third  Brigade,  First  Division,  New  York 
Detached  Militia,  September  2-December  13,  1814,  in  the 
defenses  of  New  York  City  and  Harbor. 

1899.     CORWIN,  DAVID  RITTENHOUSE  PORTER,  408 

Lincoln  National  Bank,  Pittsburgh. 

Son  of  David  Corwin,  Jr.  (1790-1839),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private  in  Captain  Richard  Penny's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Michael  Smith's  Consolidated  Regiment 
of  New  York  State  Militia,  September  7-December  12,  1814. 


42 

ELECTED.  STATE  No 

1899.     CROWEIX,  JAMES  GARDNER,  404 

1306  South  Ruby  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Babcock,  Jr.  (1785-1831),  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, Corps  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  February  23, 
1808;  First  Lieutenant,  July  1,  1812;  Captain,  September  20 
1812;  Assistant  Engineer,  Fifth  United  States  Military  District 
(Maryland  and  Virginia),  1813;  Chief  Engineer  of  the  forces 
commanded  by  Major  General  Samuel  Smith  in  the  defense  of 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  was  present  at  the  bombardment  of 
Fort  McHenry,  September  13,  1814;  Major,  March  31,  1819. 
Resigned  December  22,  1830. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Babcock,  Sr.  (1760-1813),  enlisted 
at  Boston,  Mass.,  March  31,  1813,  "For  the  War"  in  Captain 
Rufus  Mclntyre's  Company,  Third  Regiment  of  Artillery, 
United  States  Army.  Di«d  in  service  at  French  Mills  (Fort 
Covington),  New  York,  November  23,  1813. 


1899.   CROWELL,  SAMUEL  BABCOCK,  388 

22  South  Forty-third  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Babcock,  Jr.  (1788-1831),  Second  Lieuten- 
ant, Corps  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  February  23, 
1808;  First  Lieutenant,  July  1,  1812;  Captain,  September  20, 
1812;  Assistant  Engineer  Fifth  United  States  Military  District 
(Maryland  and  Virginia),  1813;  Chief  Engineer  of  the  forces 
commanded  by  Major  General  Samuel  Smith  in  the  defense  of 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  was  present  at  the  bombardment  of 
Fort  McHenry,  September  13,  1814;  Major,  March  31,  1819. 
Resigned  December  22,  1830. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Babcock,  Sr.  (1760-1813),  enlisted 
at  Boston,  Mass.,  March  31,  1813,  "  For  the  War,"  in  Captain 
Rufus  Mclntyre's  Company,  Third  Regiment  of  Artillery, 
United  States  Army.  Died  in  service  at  French  Mills  (Fort 
Covington),  New  York,  November  23,  1813. 


43 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.    DAMON,  ALBERT  FORSTER,  306 

3922  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Damon  (1790-1820),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Edward  F.  Jacobs'  Company  of 
Artillery,  Second  Regiment,  First  Brigade,  Fifth  Division,  Mas- 
sachusetts Militia,  June  11-15,  July  7-10,  and  September  19- 
October  19,  1814. 


1897.     DARRACH,  EDGAR,  392 

4431  Sansom  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Son  of  Thomas  Bradford  Darrach  (1795-1884),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Third  Company  of  "Washington  Guards," 
Captain  Thomas  Franklin  Pleasants,  the  Fifth  Company,  First 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel  Clement 
C.  Biddle,  of  the  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Brigadier  General 
Thomas  Cad walader,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  August  29,  1814- 
January  3,  1815-  Veteran  member,  Secretary,  and  President 
of  "Society  of  War  of  1812,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


1904.     DARRACH,  HENRY,  443 

4101  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Christian  Gobrecht  (1785-1844),  Private  in  Cap- 
tain Henry  Meyer's  Company  "State  Guards,"  First  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle, 
"Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cad- 
walader,  in  United  States  service  from  September  17,  1814,  at 
Camp  Dupont. 


1893.     DAVIS,  CHARLES  LUKENS,  Brigadier  General,  United  States       220 
Army  (Retired),  23  Front  Street,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Nephew  of  Isaac  Davis  (1787-1814),  Surgeon,  Sixth  Regiment 
Infantry,  United  States  Army,  December  12,  1808.  Resigned 
May  21,  1813.  Also  Surgeon  Third  Regiment  Infantry,  United 
States  Army,  May  21,  1814.  Died  in  service  July  21,  1814. 


44 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1903.    DENIS,  GEORGE  JULES,  435 

7  Wilcox  Building,  L,os  Angeles,  Cal. 

Great-Grandson  of  Daniel  Carmick  (1772-1816),  Major,  United 
States  Marine  Corps,  March  7,  1809;  in  command  of  the 
Marines  in  the  defense  of  New  Orleans  under  Major  General 
Andrew  Jackson.  Wounded  in  the  action  of  December  23,  1814 
(in  consequence  of  which  he  died  November  6,  1816).  Received 
the  thanks  of  Congress  February  22,  1814,  for  "valor  and  good 
conduct." 


1894.     DERR,  ANDREW  FEIN,  267 

55  North  River  Street,  Wilkes-Barre. 

Grandson  of  Michael  Derr,  Private  in  Captain  Phineas  Kelley's 
Company  (Bucks  County),  Major  Isaac  Griffith,  First  Brigade, 
Brigadier  General  Samuel  Smith,  Second  Division,  Pennsyl- 
vania Militia.  In  United  States  service  at  Marcus  Hook,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1814. 


1894.    DEWEY,  GEORGE  EUGENE,  289 

138  Fulton  Street,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Jeremiah  Dewey  (1788-1849),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Fifer  in  Lieutenant  Witt  L,aue's  Company,  Thirty-sixth 
Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Thomas  Miller, 
New  York  State  Militia,  October  30-November  3,  1813. 


1894    DEWEY,  HIRAM  STAPLEFORD,  290 

138  Fulton  Street,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Jeremiah  Dewey  (1788-1849),  in  United  States 
service  as  Fifer  in  Lieutenant  Witt  L/ane's  Company,  Thirty- 
sixth  Regiment,  L/ieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Thomas 
Miller,  New  York  State  Militia,  October  30-November  3,  1813. 


45 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1904.     DE  YOUNG,  BERTRAM  ISAAC,  442 

811  Betz  Building,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Isaac  De  Young  (1795-1868),  enlisted  January, 
1813,  at  Pittsgrove,  N.  J.,  for  five  years,  as  Musician,  Captain 
Benjamin  Kendrick  Pierce's  Company,  Third  Artillery,  United 
States  Army;  transferred  to  Corps  of  Artillery  May  12,  1814. 
Honorably  discharged  at  Michilimackinac,  January  18,  1818. 
Participated  in  a  number  of  engagements.  Severely  wounded  at 
Oswego,  N.  Y.,  May  6,  1814. 


1893.     DE  YOUNG,  CHARLES,  224 

1943  Park  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Son  of  Isaac  De  Young  (1795-1868),  enlisted  January,  1813, 
at  Pittsgrove,  N.  J.,  for  five  years,  as  Musician,  Captain  Ben- 
jamin Kendrick  Pierce's  Company,  Third  Artillery,  United 
States  Army;  transferred  to  Corps  of  Artillery,  May  12,  1814. 
Honorably  discharged  at  Michilimackinac,  January  18,  1818. 
Participated  in  a  number  of  engagements.  Severely  wounded  at 
Oswego,  N.  Y.,  May  6,  1814. 


1903.     DILKS,  WALTER  HOWARD,  438 

6642  Greene  Street,  Germantown,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Stephen   Hyland   (1789 ),   in  United   States 

service  as  Private,  Captain  John  R.  Evans'  detachment,  Eighth 
(Whann's)  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  Maryland  Militia,  April  23- 
May  20,  1813,  and  August  21-Septetnber  18,  1814,  atElkton, 
Maryland. 


1894.     DORCY,  BEN.   HOLLADAY,  First  I/ieutenant,  United  States        272 
Army, 

Fort  lyeavenworth,  Kansas. 

Great-grandson  of  Nathaniel  H.  Downe  (1763-1838),  Captain 
of  Privateer  "Dolphin,"  1812-14;  Captured  by  enemy,  held 
prisoner  of  war  at  Halifax,  N.  S.,  and  exchanged,  1814. 


46 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.  DUANE,  RUSSELL,  263 

2028  De  Lancey  Place,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Duane  (1760-1835),  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  Regiment  of  Riflemen,  United  States  Army,  July  8, 
1808,  to  July  31,  1810;  Colonel  and  Adjutant  General,  United 
States  Army,  March  18,  1813;  served  in  Fourth  United  States 
Military  District  (West  Jersey,  Pennsylvania  and  Delaware). 
Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 

1891.     DUDLEY,  EDGAR  SWARTWOUT,  Colonel  and  Judge  Advocate,       67 
United  States  Army,  West  Point,  New  York. 

Grandson  of  Peter  Dudley,  Brigadier  General,  Vermont 
Militia,  1812-15. 

1899.     DUNLAP,  SALLOWS,  409 

2102  Pine  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Sallows  Dunlap  (1794-1822),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Henry  Meyers'  Company,  "State 
Guards,"  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry, 
Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle,  "Advance  Light  Brigade," 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwala- 
der,  September  17,  1814-January  3,  1815,  at  Camp  Dupont. 

1895.  ESTE,  CHARLES,  302 

4111  Baltimore  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Charles  Est6  (1789-1817),  in  United  States  service 
as  Surgeon,  Third  Ohio  Volunteers,  Colonel  Lewis  Cass,  Army 
of  the  Northwest,  1812;  surrendered  prisoner  of  war  by  General 
Hull  at  Detroit,  August  16,  1812. 

1907.     ESTES,  WEBSTER  CUMMINGS,  459 

74  Warren  Street,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Benjamin  Hall  Estes  (1796-1866),  Private,  Lieu- 
tenant Valentine  R.  Goodrich's  Company,  Eleventh  Regiment 
Infantry,  United  States  Army,  September  8-December  16,  1812; 
also  in  United  States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Artemas  Farr's 
Company,  Third  (Tyler's)  Regiment,  Vermont  Militia,  October 
5-17,  1813,  at  Burlington,  Vt. 


47 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1893.     EVANS,  ELLWOOD  WALLER,  Captain,  United  States  Army,          189 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Waller,  in  United  States  service  as 
Private  in  Captain  James  Foster's  Company,  Fifty-first  Regi- 
ment, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Henry  Amey,  Mary- 
land Militia,  August  28-November  18,  1814.  At  North  Point 
and  Ft.  McHenry  September  12-13,  1814. 


1900.     EVANS,  FRANK  BROOKE,  413 

"The  Bartram"  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  James  Evans  (1773-1842),  commissioned  Lieuten- 
ant Colonel,  Second  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Pennsylvania 
Militia,  July  4,  1814. 

Great-grandson  of  Jeremiah  Berrell  (1762-1843),  commissioned 
Lieutenant  Colonel,  Ninety-secondRegiment,  PennsylvaniaMili- 
tia,  July  4,  1814. 


1895.    FA BER,  WILLIS  HENRY,  313 

819  Second  Avenue,  Williamsport. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Faber  (1790-1877),  in  United  States 
service  as  Corporal,  Captain  Philip  Fisher's  Lebanon  County 
Company,  Fifth  Battalion,  Major  Commandant  James  McFailan, 
First  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  John  Forster,  Major  General 
Nathaniel  Watson's  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  September 
1,  1814-March  5,  1815. 


1905.     FIELD,  THOMAS  YARDLEY,  Jr. ,  451 

1534  Sansom  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Jonathan  Jehu  Robinson  (1788-1869),  Cap- 
tain, Thirty-second  Regiment  of  Infantry,  United  States  Army, 
May  17,  1813;  transferred  to  Forty-second  Infantry,  July  23, 
1814.  Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 


48 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.     FORD,  JOHN  DONALDSON,  Rear  Admiral,  United  States  Navy,       130 

2319  Maryland  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Grandson  of  John  Ford  ( 1857),  Private  in  "Baltimore  Pa- 
triots," Captain  Robert  Lawson,  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland  Mi- 
litia. At  Battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24,  and  North  Point 
and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1900.     FOTTERALL,  STEPHEN  BLAKELY,  411 

2001  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Stephen  Egan  Fotterall  (1772-1839),  Colonel, 
Thirty-second  Regiment  of  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  May 
6,  1813.  Resigned  August  9,  1814. 

1892.     FOWLER,  COLONEL  EDWARD  SYDNEY,  121 

Collector  of  Customs,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Gilbert  Ogden  Fowler  (1788-1843),  Aide- de- Camp 
to  Brigadier  General  Leonard  Smith,  commanding  Thirty- fourth 
Brigade,  New  York  State  Militia,  1813-14;  also  Brigade  Quar- 
termaster, 1815- 

Grandson  of  Chauncey  Belknap  (1768-1840),  Second  Major, 
Fourteenth  Regiment  of  Infantry  (Orange  County),  Lieuten- 
ant Colonel  Commandant  Isaac  Belknap,  Jr.,  New  York  State 
Militia,  February  29,  1812. 

1892.     FRAZER,  PERSIFOR,  D.  Sc.  (Un.  de  France),  145 

928  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Cave  ( 1845),  Assistant  Apothecary 

General,  United  States  Army,  November  10,  1814.  Honorably 
discharged  June  15,  1815. 

1895.     FRAZER,  REAH,  Pay  Director,  United  States  Navy,  341 

Navy  Yard,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  John  Steele,  Junior  (1788-1853),  Captain,  Thirty- 
second  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  May  17,  1813. 
Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 


49 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.     FRETZ,  JOHN  EDGAR,  M.  D.,  358 

"The  Arlington,"  Easton. 

Great-grandson  of  David  Johnston  (1/85-1867),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  Nathan  James'  Company, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Andrew  Gilkeyson's  Regiment,  First  Brig- 
ade, Second  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  15- 
Decemberl5,  18 14. 


1891.     FROST,  REVEREND  TIMOTHY  PRESCOTT,  33 

1632  Hinman  Avenue,  Evanston,  Illinois. 

Son  of  Timothy  Moore  Frost  (1 789-1 864) ,  Private  and  Musician  in 
Captain  Ambrose  L,.  Brown's  Company  (Rutland),  Vermont 
Militia,  1814. 


1899.     GALLONEY,  FRANK  HUTCHINSON,  406 

Devon. 

Great-great-grandson  of  Captain  David  Kirkpatrick  (1752-1839), 
Military  Storekeeper,  Fourth  Military  District  (West  Jersey, 
Pennsylvania,  and  Delaware),  May  9,  1812,  stationed  at  New 
Castle,  Delaware.  Honorably  discharged  December  31,  1815. 

1891.     GARRARD,  JOSEPH,  Colonel,  United  States  Army,  18 

Cienfuegos,  Cuba. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Garrard,  Captain,  Kentucky  Militia,  1812- 
1815. 


1895-    GREEN,  FRANK  DELAPLAINE,  329 

1415  Vine  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Isaac  Green  (1780-1831),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  "Junior  Artillerists,"  Captain  Jacob  Cash, 
Jr.,  the  Second  Company,  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teer Artillery,  Colonel  Andrew  M.  Prevost,  "Advance  Light 
Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas 
Cadwalader,  August  26,  1814-January  3,  1815. 

8638-4 


50 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1907.     GREEN,  ROBERT  McCAY,  468 

1415  Vine  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Isaac  Green  (1780-1831),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  "Junior  Artillerists,"  Captain  Jacob  Cash,  Jr., 
First  Regiment  Volunteer  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Andrew 
M.  Prevost,  attached  to  the  "Advance  Light  Brigade," 
Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers, August  26,  1814-January  3,  1815. 

1891.  GREENE,  RICHARD  HENRY,  45 

235  Central  Park  West,  New  York  City. 

Grandson   of   Richard   Greene   (1765  ),    Captain   of   East 

Haddam  South  Company,  Twenty-fourth  Regiment,  Connecticut 
Militia,  1812-13. 

Grandson   of   William   W.    Todd  (1781   ),   Commissioned 

First  Major,  Fifty-first  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Isaac  Van  Alvan  Hook,  New  York  State  Militia, 
February  9,  1810,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant,  Eighty- 
second  Regiment,  March  21,  1814. 

1892.  GREGG,  LEVI  LAERTES,  164 

132  Front  Street,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Levi  Hardin  Parish,  in  United  States  service, 
Captain  Elijah  Clark's  Company,  Twentieth  Regiment,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  Peter  Allen,  Seventh  Brigade, 
Brigadier  General  William  Wadsworth,  First  Division,  Major 
General  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  New  York  Detached  Militia, 
September  29-October  26,  1813-  Wounded  at  Battle  of 
Queenston  Heights,  Canada,  October  13,  1813. 

1893.  GRESHAM,  JOHN  CHOWNING,  Major,  United  States  Army,          213 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Rawleigh  Dunaway,  in  United  States  service  as 
Quartermaster  Sergeant,  Ninety-second  Regiment,  Virginia 
Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  John  Chowning,  August  7-1 1,  and 
December  4-9,  1813,  April  10-12,  April  23-July  23,  August  4- 
September  15,  October  4-11,  and  November  30-December  10, 
1814. 


51 

ELECTED.  STATK  No. 

1892.    HAIGHT,  FREDERICK  EVEREST,  136 

49  Leonard  Street,  New  York  City. 

Great-grandnephew  of  Joel  Cook,  Captain,  Fourth  Infantry, 
United  States  Army,  Colonel  John  P.  Boyd,  June  13,  1808-Sep- 
tember  2,  1813-  Officially  complimented  by  Major  General 
William  Henry  Harrison,  for  bravery  at  Battle  of  Tippecanoe, 
November  7,  1811.  Surrendered  prisoner  of  War  by  Brigadier 
General  William  Hull  at  Detriot,  August  16,  1812. 


1893.     HAINS,  JOHN  POWER,  Captain,  United  States  Army,  197 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Smy the  Jenkins,  Sergeant  in  William 
Smith's  Company  of  Mounted  Volunteers,  Virginia  Militia, 
1813-14. 

1900.     HALL,  HARRISON,  Captain,  Artillery  Corps,  United  States          417 
Army,  Fort  Screven,  Georgia. 

Grandson  of  James  Hall  (1793-1868),  Third  Lieutenant,  Second 
Artillery,  United  States  Army,  March  30,  1814;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, May  1,  1814;  transferred  to  Corps  of  Artillery,  May  12, 
1814,  and  to  Ordnance  Corps,  May  1,  1816;  First  Lieutenant, 
May  17,  1816.  Resigned,  June  30,  1818.  Participated  in  Battles 
of  Chippewa,  July  5,  1814,  Lundy's  Lane,  July  25,  1814,  and 
Fort  Erie. 

1891.     HAMMOND,  ANDREW  GOODRICH,  Major,  United  States  Army,     97 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of   Franklin   Ripley  ( 1861),  in  United  States 

service  as  Quartermaster  of  Colonel  Edwards'  Regiment,  Mass- 
achusetts Militia,  September  12-October  29,  1814. 


52 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1905.     HARRIS,  THOMAS  CADWALADER,  457 

2204  DeLancy  Place,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Harris,  M.  D.  (1784-1861),  Surgeon, 
United  States  Navy,  July  6,  1812;  Surgeon  on  United  States 
Sloop  of  War  "Wasp"  at  the  time  of  the  capture  of  the  British 
Sloop  of  War  "Frolic,"  October  18,  1812,  for  which  he  received 
a  silver  medal  from  Congress.  Subsequently  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Medicine  and  Surgery  of  the  Navy  Department  at 
Washington,  and  continuously  in  service  until  his  death,  March 
4,  1861. 


1895.    HATFIELD,  HENRY  REED,  308 

1725  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Adam  Hatfield  (1780-1846),  Captain,  Fifty-first 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  in  service  from  August  15, 
1814 . 


1894.    HAVERSTICK,  GEORGE  HENRY,  235 

505  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  George  Musser  (1777-1868),  in  United  States  service 
as  First  Lieutenant  and  Captain,  First  Regiment,  Lieutenant 
Colonels  Jeremiah  Schappell  and  William  Hamilton,  Second 
Brigade,  Brigadier  General  John  Adams,  Major  General  Na- 
thaniel Watson's  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  5- 
December  2,  1814. 


53 

ELECTED.  8TATB  No- 

1875.     HAY,  PETER  STUART,  1 

Ashbourne,  Montgomery  County. 

Son  of  Peter  Hay  (1/89-1879),  in  United  States  service  as  Pri- 
vate in  "Junior  Artillerists,"  Captain  Jacob  H.  Fisler,  March 
23  to  April  7,  1813;  also  as  Sergeant  in  Third  Company  "North- 
ern Liberty  Artillerists,"  Captain  John  Naglee,  First  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Artillery,  lieutenant  Colonel  Andrew 
M.  Prevost,  "Advance  Light  Brigade"  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers, Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  September  8, 
1814-January  3,1815.  Veteran  member  and  President  of  "So- 
ciety of  War  of  1812,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

1905.     HAY,  SOUTHARD,  454 

917  St  James  Street,  Pittsburgh. 

Grandson  of  Peter  Hay  (1789-1879),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private  in  "Junior  Artillerists,"  Captain  Jacob  H.  Fisler, 
March  23-April  9,  1813;  also  as  Sergeant  in  Third  Company 
"Northern  Liberty  Artillerists,"  Captain  John  Naglee,  First 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Artillery,  Colonel  Andrew 
M.  Prevost,  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Brigadier  General 
Thomas  Cadwalader,  September  8,  1814-January  3,  1815-  Vet- 
eran member  and  President  of  "Society  of  War  of  1812,"  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

1896.     HAYDEN,  CHARLES  LESLIE,  373 

2U7  South  Sixty-eighth  Street,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  Horace  H.  Hayden,  M.  D.  (1769-1844),  in  United 
States  service  as  First  Sergeant,  Captain  Thomas  Warner's 
Company,  Thirty-ninth  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Benjamin  Fowler,  August  19-October  — ,  1814;  at 
Battles  of  North  Point  and  Ft.  McHenry  September  12-13,  1814. 


54 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.     HAYDEN,  REVEREND  HORACE  EDWIN,  129 

32  Mallery  Place,  Wilkes-Barre. 

Grandson  of  Horace  H.  Hayden,  M.  D.  (1769-1844),  in  United 
States  service  as  First  Sergeant  in  Captain  Thomas  Warner's 
Company,  Thirty-ninth  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  lieutenant 
Colonel  Benjamin  Fowler,  August  19-October — 1814;  at  North 
Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 
Grandnephew  of  Nicholas  Nixon  Robinson  (1781-1875),  En- 
sign, Fourteenth  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  July 
2,  1812;  Third  Lieutenant,  same  regiment,  March  13,  1813; 
Second  Lieutenant,  same  regiment,  May  12,  1813.  Honorably 
discharged  June  15,  1815. 

Grandnephew  of  John  Manlove  (1770-1824),  Private  in  Captain 
Peter  Pinney's  Company,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Kennedy  Long,  Maryland  Militia.  At  Battles  of  North 
Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 
Grandnephew  of  Benjamin  Hazel  Robinson  (1781-1844),  Private 
in  Captain  Aaron  R.  Levering's  Company,  "Independent  Blues," 
Fifth  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland 
Militia.  At  Battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  Septem- 
ber 12-13,  1814. 


1901.    HEDGES,  JOB  ELMER,  423 

141  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Great-grandson  William  Brittin  (1778-1869),  Commissioned 
Colonel,  First  Regiment,  Morris  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State 
Militia. 


1904.     HEUJCK,  CHAUNCEY  GRAHAM,  PH.  D.,  447 

Easton. 

Grandson  of  Jacob  Hellick  (1782-1858),  in  United  States  service 
as  Major,  Colonel  Christian  J.  Hutter's  Regiment,  Pennsylvania 
Militia,  September  17-December  20,  1814. 


55 

ELECTED.  STATK  No- 

1897.     HESTER,  JACOB,  M.  D.,  377 

5250  Pulaski  Avenue,  Germantown,  Philadelphia. 
Son  of  John  Dipolt  Hester  (1794-1880),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  Garrett  Dorset  Wall's  Company,  Colonel 
John  Dodd's  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia,  October 
15-December  20,  1814.  Veteran  Member  and  President  of 
"Society  of  War  of  1812,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

1891.     HEYL,  CHARLES  HEATH,  /ID.  1b.  Colonel,  United  States  95 

Army  (Retired),          2009  Wyoming  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Philip  Heyl  (1786-1831),  Captain  and  Owner  of 

Privateer  Brig  "  Amy  ;"  captured  during  war  (1814)  and  held 

as  prisoner  one  year  at  Dartmoor,  England. 

1904.     HILLS,  ELBRIDGE  ROMEYN,  Colonel,  Artillery  Corps,  United     446 
States  Army  (Retired), 

216  Seventy-seventh  Street,  Brooklyn,  New  York. 
Grandson  of  Elizur  Hills  (1768-1833),  in  United  States  service 
as  Captain  of  a  company  of  Light  Infantry,  New  York  State 
Militia,  September  27-November  10,  1812.  Commissioned 
March  12,  1810.  Resigned  March  2,  1814. 

1891.     HOB  ART,  DAVID  MCKNIGHT,  59 

918  Arcade  Building,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Nathaniel  Potts  Hobart,  in  United  States  service 
as  Sergeant  in  Eleventh  Company,  "Washington  Guards"  of 
Reading,  Berks  County,  Captain  Daniel  De  B.  Keim,  First 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel  Clement 
C.  Biddle,  of  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers, Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  September  12- 
October  20,  1814. 

Grandson  of  William  Rudolph  Smith  (1787-1868),  in  United 
States  service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Thirty-third  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  March  21-June  11,  1814. 
Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Anthony  (1762-1814),  Captain,  Third 
Company  of  "Washington  Guards,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers, 
1813-14.  Died  in  service  August  5,  1814. 


56 

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1892.     HODGKINS,  JOSEPH  WILSON,  139 

P.  O.  Box  1942,  Boston,  Mass. 

Grandson  of  John  Bubier  ( 1858),   Midshipman,  United 

States  Navy,  November  9,  1813.  Captured  on  United  States 
Brig  "Siren,"  Lieutenant  Campbell  commanding,  July  12,  1814, 
and  held  prisoner  of  war  at  Dartmoor,  England,  till  close  of 
the  war. 


1891.     HOFP,  ARTHUR  BAINBRIDGE,  L/ieutenant  Commander,  United      62 
States  Navy,  Navy  Yard,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Bainbridge  (1774-1833),  Captain, 
United  States  Navy,  May  20,  1800.  Received  the  thanks  of 
Congress  and  gold  medal  for  the  capture  of  British  Frigate 
"Java"  by  United  States  Frigate  "Constitution,"  December  29, 
1812;  in  service  until  his  death,  July  27,  1833. 


1892.     HOFFMAN,  ALEXANDER  WILLIAM,  125 

238  Elmwood  Avenue,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Grandson  of  William  Hoffman  (1782-1845),  First  Lieutenant 
in  Captain  Gilbert  Seaman's  Company,  Forty-first  Regiment 
Infantry,  United  States  Army,  Colonel  Robert  Bogardus,  No- 
vember 11,  1813.  Transferred  to  Second  Infantry  May  2,  1815. 
Subsequently  Major  and  L/ieutenant  Colonel,  United  States 
Army.  Served  till  his  death,  November  29,  1845. 


57 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.     HORD,  REVEREND  ARNOLD  HARRIS,  3?5 

244  High  Street,  Germantown,  Philadelphia. 
Great-grandson  of  Elias  Hord  (1773-1821),  Private,  Captain 
Richard  Matson's  Company  of  Mounted  Infantry,  Colonel 
Richard  Mentor  Johnson's  Regiment,  Kentucky  Volunteers; 
subsequently  commanded  a  company  of  Kentucky  Mounted 
Scouts,  1813;  participated  in  General  James  Winchester's  defeat 
at  Frenchtown,  on  the  River  Raisin,  January  22,  1813,  and  the 
Battle  of  the  Thames,  October  5,  1813. 

Great-grandson  of  Robert  Armstrong  (1792-1854),  Lieutenant, 
Tennessee  Militia,  commanding  Nashville  (Tennessee)  company 
of  Artillery  in  the  Creek  campaign  under  Major  General  Andrew 
Jackson;  participated  in  the  Battles  of  Talladega,  November  9, 
1813;  Emuckface,  January  22,  and  Enotochopco,  January  24, 
18 14,  where  he  was  severely  wounded.  Highly  commended  for 
gallantry. 

Great-grandnephew   of    John   Armstrong    ( 1812),    First 

Lieutenant,  First  Tennessee  Rifles,  February  10,  1812,  until  his 
death,  September  27,  1812. 


1893.     HORN,  TIEM ANN  NEWELL,  Captain,  United  States  Army,  217 

Fort  Myer,  Virginia. 

Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Horn  (1758-1831),  in  United  States 
service  as  Captain,  Second  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia 
Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Peter  Curtenius, 
June  22-December  15,  1812,  and  as  Major,  same  Regiment, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Horatio  Gates  Stevens,  Sep- 
tember 2-December  3,  18 14. 


1892.     HORTON,  WILLIAM  EDWARD,   Major  and  Quartermaster,  108 

United  States  Army,  Mohican  Building,  New  London,  Conn. 

Great-grandson   of    William   Clarke    ( 1843),    Private   in 

Captain  Josiah  Perry's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant John  Prior's  Regiment,  New  York  Militia,  September 
13-December  6,  1814. 


58 

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1908.     HOTCHKIN,  WALTER  BRYANT,  469 

66  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Great-grandson  of  Eliphalet  Hotchkin  (1/82-1858),  in  United 
States  service  as  Second  Major,  Fourteenth  Regiment,  New 
York  detached  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Will- 
iam Stone,  July  2-September  1,  1812,  at  Cape  Vincent,  New 
York;  also  as  Major,  New  York  Militia  ("no  organization 
given"),  October  8-November  4,  1814. 

1894.     HOUSTON,  SAMUEL  FREDERIC,  266 

Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Nelson  Houston  (1791-1878),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  Henry  Shippen's  Company 
of  Lancaster  County  Yagers,  First  Brigade,  Fourth  Division, 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  1814. 

1891.     HOWE,  HENRY  SMITH,  Captain,  United  States  Army  (Retired),     19 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Nathaniel  Sias,  in  United  States  service  as  Major 
Commandant  of  Battalion  of  Infantry  and  Artillery,  New 
Hampshire  Detached  Militia,  September  9-29,  1814,  Stationed 
at  Portsmouth  Plains. 

1891.  HOYT,  HENRY  MARTYN,  52 

1516  K  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Ziba  Hoyt,  Second  Lieutenant  in  Captain  Samuel 
Thomas's  Company  of  Artillery,  Colonel  Reese  Hill's  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  1813-1814. 

1892.  HUGHES,  HENRY  DOUGLAS,  127 

The  Art  Club,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Edward  Hughes     ( 1876),    in  United    States 

service  as  Private  in  Captain  John  May's  Company,  Second 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  Colonel  Jeremiah  Schappell, 
August  28,  1814-March  5,  1815. 


59 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.     KURD,  RUKARD,  243 

214  Manhattan  Building,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Grandson  of  Alexander  Duncan  (1796-1853),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  M.  Wood's  Company,  Colonel  D. 
Collier's  Regiment,  Ohio  Militia,  February  16-April  16,  1814; 
also  as  Private,  same  company,  Colonel  J.  Dawson's  Regiment, 
Ohio  Militia,  April  16-August  15,  1814. 


1894.     IVES,  FRANCIS  JOSEPH,  Major,  United  States  Army,  275 

Coronado,  California. 

Grandson  of  Raphael  Semmes  (1786-1846),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Roger  Dunnington's  Company, 
Maryland  Militia,  June  16-20,  and  July  22-24,  1814;  also  in 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Burgess'  Company,  July  24-28,  1814;  and 
in  Lieutenant  Walter  M.  Miller's  Company,  Maryland  Militia, 
July  30-August  5,  1814. 


1895-     JAMES,  JOHN  FARADAY,  309 

Company  E,  Signal  Corps,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Grandson  of  Zebulon  Townsend  Hubbs  (1790-1859),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Timothy  Cheeseman's  Com- 
pany, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Daniel  Bedell's  Regi- 
ment, New  York  State  Militia,  September  2-December  2,  1814. 


1897.     JOHNSTON,  JOHN  ALEXANDER,  Brigadier  General,   United         386 
States  Army,  2111  Massachusetts  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson  of  Daniel  Sweeney,  in  United  States  service  as 
Corporal,  Captain  Jeremiah  Ferree's  Company,  First  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  Colonel  Joel  Ferree,  October  2,  1812- 
April  17,  1813. 


60 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.    JONES,  CONSTANT  EAKIN,  431 

47H  Chester  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Edward  Peters  Jones  (1791-1852),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  Thomas  F.  Pleasants' 
Company,  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry, 
Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle,  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Briga- 
dier General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  August  29,  1814-January 
3,  1815. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Hunter  Eakin  (1771-1859),  District 
Paymaster,  Third  United  States  Military  District  (New  York 
from  the  sea  to  the  Highland  and  East  Jersey),  June  3,  1812. 
Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 


1893-     JONES,  RICHMOND  LEGH,  194 

Reading. 

Grandson  of  Jehu  Jones  (1778-1864),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  George  Hetzelberger's  Company,  Second 
Regiment,  Colonel  John  Lutz,  Second  Brigade,  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral John  Addams,  Major  General  Nathaniel  Watson's  Division, 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  2,  1814-January  3,  1815. 


1895.     JONES,  STOCKTON  WHITE,  297 

1009  South  Forty-eighth  Street,  Philadelphia. 
Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Hunter  Eakin  (1771-1859),  District 
Paymaster,  Third  United  States  Military  District  (New  York 
from  the  sea  to  the  Highlands  and  East  Jersey),  June  3» 
1812.  Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 


1893.     KEEN,  GREGORY  BERNARD,  215 

1300  Locust  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Nephew  of  John  Gait  Hutton  (1793-1817),  Adjutant,  FirstRegi- 
ment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Andrew  M.  Prevost,  "Advance  Light  Brigade"  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  1814. 


61 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1907.    KEIM,  GEORGE  DE  BENNEVILLE,  462 

Kdgewater  Park,  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey. 
Great-grandson  of  Henry  Mitchell  (1788-1824),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Edward  Pescud's  Company,  Sixth 
Regiment,  Virginia  Militia,  May  20-November  25,  1814.  Regi- 
ment commanded  at  various  times  by  Lieutenant  Colonels  Dick- 
inson, Scott,  and  Coleman. 


1897.     KELLY,  LUTHER  SAGE,  385 

120  Cliveden  Avenue,  Germantown,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  Hezekiah  Sage,  Jr.  (1790-1855),  in  United  States 
service  as  First  Corporal,  Captain  Charles  B.  Bristol's  Company, 
Major  Commandant  Charles  Moseley's  Battalion  of  Riflemen, 

New  York  Detached   Militia,    July    5,   1813;    also  Second 

Sergeant,  Captain  William  Gardner,  Junior's,  Company  of  Rifle- 
men, One  Hundred  and  Forty-seventh  Regiment,  New  York 
State  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Thaddeus  M. 
Wood,  October,  27, 1814. 


1897.    KELLY,  WILLIAM  DUNHAM,  381 

120  Cliveden  Avenue,  Germantown,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  Hezekiah  Sage,  Jr.  (1790-1855),  in  United  States 
service  as  First  Corporal,  Captain  Charles  B.  Bristol's  Com- 
pany, Major  Commandant  Charles  Moseley's  Battalion  of  Rifle- 
men, New  York  Detached  Militia,  July  5, 1813;  also  Second 

Sergeant,  Captain  William  Gardner,  Junior's,  Company  of  Rifle- 
men, One  Hundred  and  Forty-seventh  Regiment,  New  York  State 
Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Thaddeus  M.  Wood, 
October  27, 1814. 


62 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.     KEYES,  ALEXANDER  BROOKS,  Major,  United  States  Army,          101 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Alexander  Scammell  Brooks  ( 1836),  Captain, 

Third  Regiment  Artillery,  United  States  Army,  March  12, 
1812;  Brevetted  Major  for  gallant  conduct  at  Battle  of  Platts- 
bttrg,  September  11,  1814;  subsequently  Major,  Third  Artillery, 
and  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Fourth  Artillery,  United  States  Army; 
in'service  till  his  death,  December  17,  1836. 
Grandnephew  of  John  Brooks  (1783-1813),  First  Lieutenant 
United  States  Marine  Corps,  January  30,  1809.  Killed  at  Battle 
of  Lake  Erie,  September  10,  1813. 


1897.     KIERSTED,  ANDREW  JACKSON,  Captain,  United  States  Navy         397 
(Retired),  1728  Park  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Son  of  Luke  Kiersted  (1794-1846),  in  United  States  service 
sixty-two  days  as  Captain,  Sixth  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia, 
Colonel  William  McDonald.  Engaged  in  battles  at  North  Point 
and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1 81 4.  Stationed  at  Patter- 
son's Hill,  Locust  Point,  and  in  the  "Ten  Gun  Battery." 


1905.     KLOCK,  GEORGE  FERDINAND,  449 

"The  Gladstone,"  Eleventh  and  Pine  Streets,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  George  I.  Klock  (1789-1834),  in  United  States 
service  as  Sergeant  in  Captain  John  Shaver's  Company,  Nine- 
teenth Regiment,  NewYork  State  Militia,  Major  Commandant 
Frederick  Getman,  September  7-November  14,  1814,  at  Sackett's 
Harbor. 


1903.     KNIGHT,  FRANKLIN  COMLY,  439 

815  Commonwealth  Building,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  Joseph  Knight  (1784-1851),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Condy  Raguet's  Company,  Fourth 
Detachment,  Colonel  Lewis  Rush,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  May 
13-June  18,  1813. 


63 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.     LARDNER,  JAMES  LAWRENCE,  398 

121  South  Twenty-second  Street,  Philadelphia. 
Granduephew  of  Lynford  Gardner  (1792-1834),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  the  First  Troop,  Philadelphia  City  Cavalry, 
Captain  Charles  Ross,  attached  to  "Advance  Light  Brigade," 
Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers, August  27-December  20,  1814. 

1892.     LEWIS,  ALBERT  NELSON,  106 

1811  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Son  of  Elisha  Lewis  (1793-1868),  Sergeant  in  Captain  Peter 
Pinney's  Company,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Kennedy  Long,  Maryland  Militia,  at  Battles  of  North 
Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  l8l4. 

1892.     LINDESMITH,  ELI  WASHINGTON  JOHN,  Chaplain,  United  163 

States  Army  (Retired),          New  Milford,  Portage  County,  Ohio. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Lindesmith  (1773-1833),  Private  and  Bugler 

in  Captain  William  Pritchard's  Company,   Second  Regiment, 

Ohio  Volunteers,  Colonel  James  Findlay. 

1907.     LINNARD,  GEORGE  BROWN,  463 

7721  St.  Martin's  Lane,  Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia. 
Great-grandson  of  William  Linnard  (1749-1835),  Military 
Agent,  Middle  Department,  April  29,  1802;  Deputy  Quarter- 
master General,  United  States  Army,  April  3.  1812;  Colonel, 
Quartermaster  General,  April  12,  1813;  retained  in  service  at 
the  peace  as  Major,  Deputy  Quartermaster  General  to  date  from 
June  15,  181 5;  Major,  Quartermaster,  June  1,  1821;  Brevet 
Lieutenant  Colonel,  June  15,  1825.  Died  in  service  September 
20,  1835. 

1891.     LONG,  OSCAR  FITZALAN,  Brigadier  General,  United  States  28 

Army  (Retired),  War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson  of  Jacob  Mabie  (1772-1 823), LieutenantColonel, 
New  York  State  Militia. 


64 

ELECTED.  STATB  No. 

1884.     LUDINGTON,  MARSHAU,  INDEPENDENCE,  Major  General,  5 

United  States  Army  (Retired), 

Skaneateles,  Onandaga  County,  New  York. 
Son  of  Zalraon  Aldington,  Private,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Worthy  L.  Churchill's  Regiment,  New  York  State 
Militia. 


1903.     LYNDE,  FRANCIS  ENGLE  PATTERSON,  436 

318  West  Eighty-sixth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  Robert  Patterson  (1792-1881),  in  United  States 
service  as  Colonel,  Second  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia, 
October  2,  I8l2-April2,  1813;  First  Lieutenant,  Twenty-second 
Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  April  5,  1813;  trans- 
ferred to  Thirty-second  Infantry,  May  22,  1813;  Captain  and 
Assistant  Deputy  Quartermaster  General,  Fourth  United  States 
Military  District  (West  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  and  Delaware), 
June  24,  1813-June  15,  1815;  Captain,  Thirty-second  Infantry, 
April  19,  1814.  Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815.  Subse- 
quently Major  General,  United  States  Volunteers  in  Mexican  and 
Civil  Wars. 


1896.     MCCAIN,  GEORGE  Nox,  347 

Colorado  Springs,  Colorado. 

Grandson  of  Henry  Rockefeller  (1780-1866),  enlisted  July  8, 
1814,  as  Private  in  Captain  Armstrong  Irvine's  Company, 
Fourth  Rifle  Regiment,  United  States  Army.  Honorably  dis- 
charged November  19,  l8l8. 


1907.     McCur,ix>CH,  CHAMPE  CARTER,  Junior,  Major  and  Surgeon,         339 
United  States  Army,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  William  Horsley  McCulloch  (1791-1855),  in  United 
States  service  as  Corporal  in  Captain  William  Coleman's  Com- 
pany,  Ninetieth  Regiment,  Virginia  Militia,  March  26-June  25, 
1813. 


65 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.    McCuuxra,  ROBERT  LEMMON,  363 

Havre,  Montana. 

Grandson  of  Christian  Gleim  (  1  780-1  86l),  in  United  States 
service  as  Ensign,  Captain  Thomas  Walker's  Company,  and 
Paymaster  First  Regiment,  Colonel  Maxwell  Kennedy,  First 
Brigade,  Brigadier  General  John  Forster,  Major  General  Na- 
thaniel Watson's  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  August  29, 
1814-March  5,  1815- 

1902.     MCDONALD,  ISAIAH  HEYUN,  429 

633  I  Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Nephew  and  representative  of  William  McDonald  (1793-1865), 
First  Lieutenant,  Twenty-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  United 
States  Army,  May  20,  1813.  Transferred  to  Nineteenth  In- 
fantry May  12,  1814;  Captain,  November  11,  1814.  Transferred 
to  Third  Infantry,  May  17,  1815;  Brevet  Major  for  gallant  con- 
duct at  Battle  of  Niagara,  July  25,  1814. 

1896.     McMASTER,  GEORGE  HUNTER,  Captain,  United  States  Army,     366 

Fort  Assiniboine,  Montana. 

Grandson  of  John  McMaster  (1787-1864),  Private,  Captain 
McReight's  Company,  Major  Benoni  Robertson's  Battalion, 
South  Carolina  Militia,  1812. 

1894.     MARSTON,  JOHN,  274 

Bullitt  Building,  Philadelphia. 

Son  of  John  Marston  (1794-1885),  Midshipman,  United  States 
Navy,  April  15,  1813.  Served  continuously  through  various 
grades  until  his  death,  April  8,  1885,  as  Rear  Admiral,  on  the 
retired  list,  United  States  Navy. 


1895.     MASSEY,  FRANK  HOGAN, 

4604  Wayne  Avenue,  Germantown,  Philadelphia. 
Great-grandson  of  Jacob  Vogdes  (1774-1816),  Major,  Detach- 
ment of  (Philadelphia)  Pennsylvania  Militia,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Peter  L.  Berry,  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Brigadier 
General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  1814. 

8538-6 


66 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.    MASSE Y,  HENRY  VOGDES,  300 

1219  Land  Title  Building,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Jacob  Vogdes  (1774-1816),  Major,  Detach- 
ment of  (Philadelphia)  Pennsylvania  Militia,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Peter  L,.  Berry,  "Advance  I/tght  Brigade,"  Brigadier 
General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  1814. 

1901.     MEGAW,  FRED  HOLMES,  419 

Claymont,  Delaware. 

Grandson  of  Isaac  Ford  (1789-1864),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private,  Captain  Victor  Dupont's  Company,  Delaware  Volun- 
teers, August  31,  1814-January  3,  1815. 

1895.    MERCUR,  JAMES  WATTS,  293 

Wallingford,  Delaware  County. 

Grandson  of  John  Davis  (1788-1878),  in  United  States  service 
as  Ensign,  Captain  William  Purdy's  Company  of  Bucks  County 
Riflemen,  The  Ninth  Company,  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania 
Volunteer  Riflemen,  Colonel  Thomas  Humphreys,  "Advance 
L/ight  Brigade,"  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers,  September  5-December  12,  1814. 

1893.     MERCUR,  RODNEY  AUGUSTUS,  221 

Towanda. 

Grandson  of  John  Davis  (1788-1878),  in  United  States  service 
as  Ensign,  Captain  William  Purdy's  Company  of  Bucks  County 
Riflemen,  The  Ninth  Company,  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania 
Volunteer  Riflemen,  Colonel  Thomas  Humphreys,  "Advance 
L/ight  Brigade,"  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers,  September  5-December  12,  1814. 

1904.  <JrMERRiUo  CHARLES  WARREN,  445 

2040  North  Park  Avenue,  Philadelphia.- 

Grandnephew  and  representative  of  James  Spalding  (1796-1874), 
in  United  States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Timothy  Putnam's 
Company,  First  Regiment,  New  Hampshire  Militia,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Nathaniel  Fisk,  September  15 -November 
28,  1814. 


67 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.  MILLS,  STEPHEN  CROSBY,  Colonel  and  Inspector  General,  142 
United  States  Army,  1821  Nineteenth  Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Grandson  of  Stephen  Crosby  ( 1858),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Lieutenant,  Captain  Warner  Folt's  Company  of  Light 
Infantry,  Fortieth  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  October 
5-November  18,  1814,  at  Sackett's  Harbor. 

1894.     MINER,  SIDNEY  ROBY,  277 

Wilkes-Barre. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Ross  (1/61-1842),  Brigadier  General, 
Second  Brigade,  Ninth  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  1812. 

1894.     MORRELL,  HON.  EDWARD  DE  VEAUX,  285 

1414  South  Penn  Square,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  John  Hare  Powell  (1786-1856),  Brigade  Major  on 
Staif  of  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  Commanding, 
"Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  for  the 
defense  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania;  Colonel  and  Inspector 
General  United  States  Army,  December  26,  1814.  Honorably 
discharged  June  15,  1815. 

1905.     MOUNTAIN,  WILLIAM,  450 

Broad  Street  Station,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Lemuel  Paynter  (1788-1863),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Lieutenant  Joseph  McCoy's  Com- 
pany, "Southern  Rangers,"  First  Rifle  Regiment,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Joel  Barlow  Sutherland,  Second  Brigade, 
First  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  14-November 
3,  1814;  Quartermaster,  same  Regiment,  November  4,  1814- 
January  3,  1815. 

1907.    MOYER,  NEVIN  WILBERFORCE,  458 

Linglestown. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Moyer  (1797-1880),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  Peter  Hanley's  Company,  Light  Infantry, 
Eighty-sixth  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Conrad  Krickbaum, 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  15-December  15,  1814,  at 
Marcus  Hook. 


68 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.       MUHLENBERG,  FRANCIS  BENJAMIN,  133 

Franklin  National  Bank,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Peter  Muhlenberg,  Jr.  (—  -  1844),  Captain,  Sixth 
Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  October  1,  1810; 
Major,  Thirty-first  Infantry  (Colonel  William  Dana),  May  1, 
1814;  also  Aide-de-Camp  to  Brigadier  General  Zebulon  Mont- 
gomery Pike,  United  States  Army.  Honorably  discharged 
June  15,  1815. 

1891.     MURRAY,  CHARLES  HENRY,  49 

62  William  Street,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Andrew  Billings,  Sergeant  in  Lieutenant  Abraham 
Brook's  Company,  Seventy-second  Regiment,  New  York 
Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Thomas  Hicks. 
Great-grandson  of  Hezekiah  Seymour,  Corporal  in  Captain 
J.  Selsbee's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  J.  McMahon's 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia. 

1902.    NEWELL,  WILLIAM  CLAYTON,  430 

Doylestown. 

Grandson  of  Sallows  Dunlap  (1794-1822),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Henry  Meyer's  Company  "State 
Guards,"  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry, 
Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle,  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Briga- 
dier General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  September  17,  1814-January 
3,  1815,  at  Camp  Dupont. 

1901.     NICHOLS,  JAMES  ALLEN,  M.  D.,  421 

55  West  Seventy-fifth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  Levi  Nichols  (1789-1864),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  Thomas  Waterman's  Company,  Lieutenan-t 
Colonel  Commandant  Luther  Dixon's  Regiment,  Vermont  De- 
tached Militia,  September  25-November  18,  1813,  at  Pittsburgh. 
Grandson  of  Solomon  Walbridge,  Junior  (1795-1854),  served  as 
a  volunteer  from  St.  Albans,  Vermont,  in  Captain  Wooster's 
Company,  September  6-12,  1814,  at  Battle  of  Plattsburgh. 


69 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1904.    NICHOLS,  WILLARD  ATHERTON,  440 

P.  O.  Box  536,  Redlands,  California. 

Grandson  of  Abel  Willard  Atherton  (1777-1821),  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain,  Third  Regiment  (Nichols),  Massa- 
chusetts Militia,  September  16,  1813.  Detached  on  special  serv- 
ice at  Fort  Burrows,  Maine.  Discharged  November  24,  1813. 
Also  as  Captain,  Portland  Rifle  Company,  same  regiment,  Sep- 
tember 7-9,  1814,  in  defense  of  Portland,  Maine,  and  as  Aide-de- 
Camp  on  the  staff  of  Major  General  Alford  Richardson,  Sep- 
tember 10-November  9,  1814,  for  defense  of  Portland. 


1894.     NOYES,  CHARLES  PHELPS,  247 

89  Virginia  Avenue,  St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

Son  of  Daniel  Rogers  Noyes  (1793~l877),  Lieutenant,  Second 
Company,  Captain  Joseph  Gavitt,  Third  Regiment  of  Infantry, 
Colonel  Joseph  W.  L,ew,  Rhode  Island  Militia.  In  service  at 
Westerly  Beach,  Rhode  Island,  July  23,  1814. 


OBERTEUFFER,  HERMAN  FREYTAG,  415 

Haverford. 

Grandson  of  John  Nicholson  Moulder  (1792-1837),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  James  M.  Varnum's  Company 
of  Infantry,  First  Battalion,  Second  Regiment,  Colonel  William 
Brent,  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  July  19-26,  1813.  And  as 
Private,  Captain  John  Davidson's  Company  of  Light  Infantry, 
First  (Magruder's)  Regiment,  District  of  Columbia  Militia, 
July  to  September,  1814. 

OLIVER,  CHARLES  AUGUSTUS,  M.  D.,  236 

15 07  Locust  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  William  George  Oliver  ( 1825)  Major,  Second 

Battalion,  Twenty-eighth  Regiment,  Pennyslvania  Militia,  July 
18,  l8l  1;  Captain,  Forty -second  Regiment  Infantry,  United 
States  Army,  August  1,  1813.  Honorably  discharged  June  15, 
1815. 


70 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.    OLIVER,  PAUL  AMBROSE,  144 

Oliver's  Mills. 

Son  of  Paul  Ambrose  Oliver  (1796-1848),  Master,  United  States 
Navy,  April  25,  1814.     Resigned  March  9,  1815. 


1895.     O'NEILL,  CHARLES  FRANK,  296 

2558  Cedar  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  John  Busick  ( 1830),  in  United  States  service 

as  Private,  Captain  John  H.  Rogers'  Company,  Fifty-first 
Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Henry  Amey, 
Maryland  Militia,  August  25~30,  1813,  and  August  21-Novem- 
ber  18,  1814.  Severely  wounded  at  bombardment  of  Fort  Mc- 
Henry,  September  12,  1814. 


1894.     O'NEILL,  HUGH  LEWIS,  280 

2312  East  Huntington  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  John  Busick  ( 1830),  in  United  States  service 

as  Private,  Captain  John  H.  Rogers'  Company,  Fifty-first 
Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Henry  Amey, 
Maryland  Militia,  August  25-30,  1813,  and  August  21-Novem- 
ber  18,  1814.  Severely  wounded  at  bombardment  of  Fort  Mc- 
Henry,  September  12,  1814. 


1892.    O'NEILL,  JAMES  WILKS,  M.  D.,  83 

2210  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia." 

Grandson  of  John  O'Neill  (1777-1835),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Third  Company  ''Northern  Liberty  Artillerists," 
Captain  John  Naglee,  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer 
Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Andrew  M.  Prevost,  September 
8,  1814-January  3,  1815. 


71 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.    PATTERSON,  ROBERT,  337 

1802  Spring  Garden  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Patterson  (1792-1881),  in  United  States 
service  as  Colonel,  Second  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia, 
October  2,  I8l2-April2,  1813 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Twenty-second 
Regiment  of  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  April  5,  1813. 
Transferred  to  Thirty-second  Infantry  May  27,  1813.  Captain 
and  Assistant  Deputy  Quartermaster  General,  Fourth  United 
States  Military  District  (West  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  and  Dela- 
ware), June  24,  1813-June  5,  1814.  Captain,  Thirty-second 
Infantry,  April  19,  1814.  Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 
Subsequently  Major  General,  United  States  Volunteers,  in 
Mexican  War  and  Civil  War. 


1891.     PAUUDING,  CHARLES  H.,  57 

2123  Arthur  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of   Isaac  F.  Russell,  New  York  Militia. 


1904.    PEALE,  AUGUSTIN  RUNYON,  JR.,  441 

31  South  Sixteenth  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Charles  Linnaeus  Peale  (1794-1832),  in 
United  States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Condy  Raguet's  Com- 
pany, Fourth  Detachment,  Colonel  Lewis  Rush,  Pennsylvania 
Militia,  May  13-June  18,  1813.  Enlisted  March  7,  1814,  in 
Captain  Samuel  Goode  Hopkins'  Troop,  United  States  Light 
Dragoons,  Colonel  James  Burn.  Honorably  discharged  May  15, 
1815. 


1895.     PENDLETON,  EDMUND,  291 

Montpelier  Manor,  Laurel,  Maryland. 

Son  of  Nathaniel  Greene  Pendleton  (1774-1861),  Third  Lieuten- 
ant, United  States  Corps  of  Artillery,  November  22,  1814;  Aide- 
de-Camp  to  Major  General  Kdmond  Pendleton  Gaines,  United 
States  Army.  Resigned  May  1,  l8l6. 


72 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.     PENROSE,   CHARLES   WILKINSON,    Major,    United   States  90 

Army,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Great-great-grandson  of  William  Hoffman  (1782-1845),  First 
lieutenant  in  Captain  Gilbert  Seaman's  Company,  Forty-first 
Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  Colonel  Robert 
Bogardus,  November  11,  1813;  transferred  to  Second  Infantry 
May  2,  1815;  subsequently  Captain,  Major  and  lieutenant 
Colonel,  United  States  Army,  and  served  continuously  until 
his  death,  November  26,  1845. 

Great-grandnephew  of  Jacob  Brown  (1775-1828),  in  United 
States  service  as  Brigadier  General,  New  York  Militia,  June, 
1812-July,  1813 ;  Brigadier  General,  United  States  Army,  July 
19,  1813;  Major  General,  United  States  Army,  June  15,  1814; 
received  the  thanks  of  Congress  and  gold  medal  "for  gallantry 
and  good  conduct  in  the  successive  Battles  of  Chippewa,  July  5, 
1814,  Niagara,  July  25,  1814,  and  Erie,  September  17,  1814;" 
presented  with  a  sword  by  the  State  of  New  York  "as  a  testi- 
mony of  gratitude  for  eminent  services"  and  with  the  freedom  of 
the  city  of  New  York  (in  a  gold  box)  as  "a  tribute  of  respect  for 
his  brilliant  achievements. ' '  Commander-in-Chief ,  United  States 
Army,  June  15,  1815,  to  his  death,  February  24,  1828. 


1893.    PENNYPACKER,  HON.  SAMUEL  WHITAKER,  L,!,.  D.,  192 

1107  Girard  Building,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Whitaker  (1789-1870),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  First  Company,  "Washington  Guards," 
Captain  John  R.  Miffiin,  the  Second  Company,  First  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle, 
"Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier 
General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  August  27-October,  1814. 


73 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1907.      PlNKNEY,  TOWNSEND,  466 

716  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  John  Sinclair  Gautier  (1785-1845), 
in  United  States  service  as  First  Corporal  in  Captain  John 
Marston's  Company,  Ninth  Regiment  Artillery,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Simon  Fleet,  New  York  Militia,  Septem- 
ber 5-December  15,  1812,  and  as  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain 
Joseph  Lametti's  Company  of  Artillerists,  First  Battalion  of 
Artillery,  Major  Commandant  Daniel  D.  Smith,  First  Brigade 
of  Artillery,  First  Division,  New  York  Detached  Militia, 
September  2-December  3,  1814,  at  the  "West  Battery,"  New 
York  City. 

1892.     POORE,  BENJAMIN  ANDREW,  Captain,  United  States  Army,         146 

Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas. 

Son  of  Andrew  Poore  ( 1872),  in  United  States  service  as 

Private,  Captain  Thomas  Harrington's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Jonathan  Page's  Regiment,  Massachusetts 
Detached  Militia,  August  1-November  6,  1814,  at  Fort  Warren, 
Boston  Harbor. 

1891.  POPE,    JAMES   WORDEN,  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Assistant         85 

Quartermaster  General,  United  States  Army, 

1430  Chandler  Building,  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Grandson  of  James  Johnson  (1774-1826),  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Kentucky  Mounted  Volunteers,  Colonel  Richard  Mentor  John- 
son; distinguished  for  bravery  at  the  Battle  of  the  Thames, 
Canada,  October  5,  1813. 

1892.  PORTER,  JOHN  BIDDLE,  Colonel,  United  States  Army,  103 

Office  of  Judge  Avdocate  General, 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  John  Biddle  (1792-1859),  Second  Lieutenant,  Third 
Regiment  Artillery,  United  States  Army,  July  6,  1812;  First 
Lieutenant,  March  13,  1813;  Captain,  Forty-second  Regiment 
Infantry,  October  1,  1813.  Transferred  to  Corps  of  Artillery 
May  17,  1815;  Aide-de-Camp  to  Major  General  Winfield  Scott, 
United  States  Army.  Honorably  discharged  June  1,  1821. 


74 

ELKCTBD.  STATE  No. 

1892.     POTTER,  THOMAS,  Junior,  171 

Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Jacob  Bower  ( 1822),  Brigadier  General, 

First  Brigade,  Sixth  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  1812-13. 


1892.    POTTER,  Hon.  WIUJAM,  153 

Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Jacob  Bower  ( 1822),  Brigadier  General, 

First  Brigade,  Sixth  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  1 812-13. 


1907.      QUACKENBUSH,  CLAIRE  COURTENAY,  464 

P.  O.  Box  582,  Aberdeen,  Washington. 

Great-grandson  of  Isaac  F.  Quackenbush  (1777-1866),  enlisted 
for  the  war  from  Guilderland,  N.  Y. ;  participated  in  the  at- 
tack on  and  capture  of  Fort  George,  Upper  Canada,  May  27, 
1813,  under  Major  General  Henry  Dearborn,  United  States 
Army. 


1895.     RANKIN,  JOHN  HAU,,  311 

Wissahickon  Road,  Mount  Airy,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  John  Jefferies  (1759-1832),  First  Lieutenant  of 
"Lancaster  Phalanx,"  Captain  John  Humes,  attached  to  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-first  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia.  In 
United  States  service  May  25,  1812. 


1901.    RANSOM,  PORTER  VIRGII,,  420 

38  Park  Row,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Lodowick  Morgan  ( 1814),  Second  Lieuten- 
ant, Rifle.  Regiment,  United  States  Army,  May  3,  1808;  First 
Lieutenant  May  21,  1809:  Captain  July  l8ll;  Major,  First  Rifle 
Regiment,  United  States  Army,  January  24,  1814.  Killed  in  ac- 
tion at  Fort  Erie,  August  12,  1814. 


75 

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1893.    RAWLE,  WILLIAM  BROOKE,  175 

230  South  Twenty-second  Street,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  William  Rawle,  Junior  (1/88-1858),  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain,  Second  Troop,  Philadelphia  City 
Cavalry,  Commissioned  August  23,  1814,  attached  to  the  "Ad- 
vance Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier 
General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  September  12-December24,  1814. 

1893.    REA,  SAMUEL,  2°3 

225  Broad  Street  Station,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  John   Rea  (  -  1829),   Major  General,   Seventh 
Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  1812-14. 

1879.     REILLY,  ANDREW  JACKSON,  2 

1942  South  College  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Son  of  Paul  Reilly  (1/84-1855),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private,  Second  Company  "Washington  Guards,"  Captain 
John  Swift,  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry, 
Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle,  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  Au- 
gust 25,  1814-January  4,  1815.  Veteran  member  of  "Society 
of  War  of  1812,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

1896.     RHINELANDER,  PHILIP,  366 

32  East  Thirty-ninth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  William  Christopher  Rhinelander  (1791-1878),  in 
United  States  service  as  Quartermaster  Sergeant,  Second 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Horatio  Gates  Stevens,  September  2-December  3, 
1814. 

1893.     RHOADES,  LYMAN,  195 

120  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Cornelius  Harsen,  commissioned  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant,  Eleventh  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia 
Artillery,  May  23,  1812;  resigned  April  6,  1815.  In  United 
States  service  September  2-December  3,  1814,  in  the  defenses 
of  New  York  City  and  Harbor. 


76 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.     ROBE,  CHARLES  FRANKLIN,  Brigadier  General,  United  States     147 
Army  (Retired),  Hotel  Robinson,  San  Diego,  California. 

Grandson  of  Roswell  Robe  (1780-1836),  in  United  States  service 
as  Sergeant  in  Captain  Sereno  Pettibone's  Company  of  Artil- 
lery, Connecticut  Militia,  August  2-September  16,  1813. 


1897.    ROBESON,  FIELDING  TECUMSEH,  M.  D.,  394 

523  Central  Park,  West,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Amey  Robeson  (1794-1860),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Tennessee  Volunteers,  December  10, 
1812-April  10,  1813.  Served  in  the  Natchez  campaign  under 
Major  General  Andrew  Jackson. 

1896.     ROBESON,  JOHN  TERRELL,  364 

523  Central  Park,  West,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Amey  Robeson  (1794-1860),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  Tennessee  Volunteers,  December  10, 
181 2- April  10,  1813.  Served  in  the  Natchez  campaign  under 
Major  General  Andrew  Jackson. 

1892.     ROCKENBACH,  SAMUEL  DiCKERSON,  Major,  Philippine  Scouts,    166 
United  States  Army,  War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson    of    William    Hannah   ( 1837),   in   United 

States  service  as  Private,  Captain  George  Hannah's  Troop  of 
Cavalry,  Virginia  Militia,  under  command  of  Major  General 
Porter,  at  Norfolk,  Virginia,  seven  weeks  from  August  4,  1814. 


1891.     ROE,  GEORGE,  37 

Vallejo,  California. 

Grandson  of  Isaac  Roe  (1788-1858),  in  United  States  service  as 
Third  Sergeant,  Captain  James  Butterworth's  Company, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Michael  Smith's  Consolidated 
Regiment,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  September  10-Decem- 
ber  12,  1814. 


77 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.     ROGERS  ARCHIBALD,  330 

Hyde  Park  on  Hudson,  New  York. 

Grandnephew  of  Stephen  Drummer  (1786-1835),  First  lieu- 
tenant, Captain  Samuel  B.  Northrop' s  Company,  Thirty-seventh 
Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  April  30,  1813. 
Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815;  served  at  Fort  Trumbull 
and  Fort  Griswold,  Connecticut. 


1896.     ROTHERMEL,  JOHN  JACOB,  374 

8  Fourth  Street  S.  K.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson  of  Adolph  Christian  Fick  (1778-1825),  in 
United  States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  George  Hetzel- 
berger's  Company,  First  Battalion,  Second  Regiment  (Colonel 
John  Lutz),  Second  Brigade  (Brigadier  General  John  Addams), 
Major  General  Nathaniel  Watson's  Division,  Pennsylvania 
Militia,  September  1-December  5,  1814. 


1907.    ROUSE,  FRANCIS  WILLIS,  461 

5100  Chester  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Peregrine  Rouse  (1776-1821),  commissioned  Ensign 
of  Captain  Taylor's  Company,  Nineteenth  Regiment  (Caroline), 
Maryland  Militia,  May  22,  1812. 


1893.     RUPP,  HENRY  WILSON,  205 

1220  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  John  Wilson  (1789-1864),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  John  F.  Ruhe's  Company,  "Northampton 
Blues,"  the  Fifth  Company,  Second  Regiment,  Colonel  Lewis 
Bache,  First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  August  27,  1814-January  3,  1815. 


78 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1903.     RUTTER,  WIUJAM  IvES,  Junior,  437 

525  South  Forty-first  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Enoch  Hobart  (1796-1869) ,  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Eleventh  Company,  "Washington  Guards" 
of  Reading,  Bucks  County,  Captain  Daniel  DeBenneville  Keim, 
First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel 
Clement  C.  Biddle,  "Advance  Ljght  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  September 
12-October  20,  l8l4,  at  Camp  Dupout. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Rudolph  Smith  (1787-1868),  in 
United  States  service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Thirty-third  Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania  Militia,  March  21-June  11,  1814. 


1895.     SAFFARRANS,    GSORGE   COOLIDGE,  Captain,  United  States        303 
Army,  Fort  Logan,  Colorado. 

Great-grandson    of     John   McCartney    ( 1820),    Private, 

"Independent  Blues,"  Captain  Peter  A.  Brown,  Sixth  Com- 
pany, First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry, 
Colonel  Clement  C.  Biddle,  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  in 
United  States  service  three  months,  October,  1814-January,  1815. 


1894.     SANDS,  JAMES  THOMAS,  262 

Room  320,  Roe  Building,  St.  I/ouis,  Missouri. 
Grandson  of  James  Sands  (1785-1825),  in  United  States  service 
as  First  Lieutenant  of  Captain  Joseph  Sands'  Company  of 
Montgomery  County  Riflemen,  the  Thirteenth  Company,  First 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Riflemen,  Colonel  Thomas 
Humphreys,  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers, Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  November  26, 
1814-January  3,  1815,  at  Camp  Dupont. 


79 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.  :£SATTERLEE,  HERBERT  LIVINGSTON,  Ph.  D.,  400 

120  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  De  Lafayette  Wilcox  (1779-1842),  Private  and 
Sergeant,  Twenty-fifth  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army, 
May  13,  1812-November  16,  1813;  Promoted  Ensign  in  same 
regiment  for  gallant  conduct  in  the  Battle  of  Chrystler's  Field, 
Canada,  November  11,  1813 ;  promoted  Second  Lieutenant, 
March  14,  1814;  promoted  First  Lieutenant,  October  2,  1814; 
severely  wounded  in  the  action  at  Fort  Erie,  September  4,  1814; 
subsequently  Captain  and  Brevet  Major,  United  States  Army, 
and  died  in  service,  January  3,  1842. 

1891.  SAWYER,  JAMES  ESTCOURT,   Colonel  and  Deputy  Quarter-  88 

master  General,  United  States  Army, 

Army  Building,  St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

Son  of  Horace  Bucklin  Sawyer  (1797-1860),  Midshipman, 
United  States  Navy,  June  4,  1812,  served  under  Commodores 
Charles  Stewart  and  Thomas  Macdonough,  United  States  Navy. 
Served  continuously  through  successive  grades  to  his  death  as 
Captain  on  the  retired  list,  February  14,  i860. 

1895.    SAYRES,  EDWARD  STALKER,  305 

1825  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandnephew  of  Samuel  Humes  (1788-1852),  Surgeon,  Second 
Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  John  Lutz,  Second  Brigade, 
Brigadier  General  John  Addams,  Major  General  Nathaniel 
Watson's  Division  of  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 

1893.    SENER,  SAMUEL  MILLER,  219 

124  North  Prince  Street,  Lancaster. 

Great-grandson  of  Adolph  Christian  Fick  (1777-1825),  Private, 
Captain  George  Hetzelberger's  Company,  First  Battalion, 
Second  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  John  Lutz,  Second  Bri- 
gade, Brigadier  General  John  Addams,  Major  General  Nathaniel 
Watson's  Division  of  Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  2-Decem- 
ber  15,  1814. 


80 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.     SHARPE,  ALFRED  CLARENCE,  Major,  United  States  Army,  13 

Denver,  Colorado. 

Grandson  of  Nicolas  Snider  (1786-1856),  First  Lieutenant  and 
Adjutant,  Seventh  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia;  also  First 
Lieutenant,  Captain  John  Gait's  Company,  Third  Regiment, 
Maryland  Militia. 


1896.    SHIRLEY,  RUFUS  GEORGE,  353 

320  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  John  Sinclair  Gautier  (1785-1845), 
in  United  States  service  as  First  Corporal,  Captain  John  Mar- 
ston's  Company,  Ninth  Regiment  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Simon  Fleet,  New  York  Militia,  September  5- 
December  15,  1812,  and  as  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Joseph 
Larnetti's  Company  of  Artillerists,  First  Battalion  of  Artillery, 
Major  Commandant  Daniel  D.  Smith,  First  Brigade  of  Artillery, 
First  Division,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  September  2-Decem- 
ber  3,  1814,  at  the  "West  Battery,"  New  York  City. 
Also  great-grandson  of  John  Sidell,  Junior  (1760-1837),  in 
United  States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Daniel  E.  Dunscomb's 
Company,  Ninth  Regiment  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Simon  Fleet,  September  15-December  15,  1812. 


1897.    SHOEMAKER,  HARVEY,  M.  D.,  389 

2011  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  John  Dipolt  Hester  (1794-1880),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Garret  Dorset  Wall's  Company, 
Colonel  John  Dodd's  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia, 
October  15-December  10,  1814.  Veteran  member  and  President 
of  "Society  of  War  of  1812,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


81 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.     SHOEMAKER,  JOSHUA  LIPPINCOTT,  390 

15  South  Sixth  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  John  Dipolt  Hester  (1794-1880),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Garret  Dorset  Wall's  Company, 
Colonel  John  Dodd's  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia, 
October  15-December  10,  1814.  Veteran  member  and  President 
of  "Society  of  War  of  1812,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


1897.     SHOEMAKER,  OWEN,  391 

15  South  Sixth  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  John  Dipolt  Hester  (1794-1880),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Garret  Dorset  Wall's  Company, 
Colonel  John  Dodd's  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia, 
October  15-December  10,  1814.  Veteran  member  and  President 
of  "Society  of  War  of  1812,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


1896.     SILL,  HAROLD  MONTGOMERY,  367 

School  Lane,  Gertnantown,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Sallows  Dunlap  (1774-1822),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  "  State  Guards,"  Captain  Henry  Meyer's 
First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel 
Clement  C.  Biddle,  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  September 
17,  1814-January  3,  1815,  at  Camp  Dupont. 


1905.     SLOAN,  JOHN  HOPE,  455 

1531  Norris  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Hope  (1799-1877),  in  United  States  service 
as  Bugler  in  Captain  Christopher  Wigton's  Company,  Eigh- 
teenth Section  of  Riflemen,  Colonel  Thomas  Humphrey,  "Ad- 
vance Light  Brigade,"  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader, 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  November  13,  1814,  at  Camp  Dupont. 

8538—6 


82 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.     SMITH,  ORMOND  GERALD,  351 

7  East  Seventy-eighth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  Moses  Rogers  Smith  (1757-1846),  Master,  United 
States  Navy,  May  4,  1812-June  16,  1815. 


1893.     SNYDER,  FREDERIC  ANTES,  206 

New  York  Tunnel  Company,  Battery  Park,  New  York  City. 
Great-grandson  of  the  Honorable  Simon  Snyder  (1759-1819), 
Governor  of  Pennsylvania  and  Commander-in- Chief  of  Pennsyl- 
vania State  forces,  1808-1817. 


1892.    SNYDER,  GEORGE  DUNCAN,  155 

476  West  One  Hundred  and  Forty-third  Street,  New  York  City. 
Great-grandson  of  the  Honorable  Simon  Snyder  (1759-1819), 
Governor  of  Pennsylvania  and  Commander-in- Chief  of  Pennsyl- 
vania State  forces,  1808-1817. 


1892.     SPARHAWK,  CHARLES  WURTS,  132 

400  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Sparhawk  ( 1837),  in  United  States 

service  in  Captain  Condy  Raguet's  Company  of  "Washington 
Guards,"  Fourth  Detachment  of  Pennsylvania  Militia,  Colonel 
Lewis  Rush,  May  13-June  18,  1813;  also  as  Sergeant  in  Captain 
Thomas  Franklin  Pleasants'  Company  of  "Washington  Guards," 
First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel 
Clement  C.  Biddle,  of  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  August  29, 
1814-January  3,  1815. 

Grandson  of  Lewis  Clark  Vanuxem  ( 1835),  in  United  States 

service  as  Private  in  First  Troop,  Philadelphia  City  Cavalry, 
Captain  Charles  Ross,  attached  to  "Advance  Light  Brigade," 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwala- 
der, August  27-December  20,  1814. 


83 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.     SPARHAWK,  JOHN  Jr.,  140 

400  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Sparhawk  ( 1837),  in   United  States 

service  in  Captain  Condy  Raguet's  Company  of  "Washington 
Guards,"  Fourth  Detachment  of  Pennsylvania  Militia,  Colonel 
Lewis  Rush,  May  13-June  18,  1813;  also  as  Sergeant  in  Captain 
Thomas  Franklin  Pleasants'  Company  of '  'Washington  Guards, ' ' 
First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel 
Clement  C.  Biddle,  of  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  August  29, 
1814-January  3,  1815. 

Grandson  of  Lewis  Clark  Vanuxem  ( 1835),  in  United  States 

service  as  Private  in  First  Troop,  Philadelphia  City  Cavalry, 
Captain  Charles  Ross,  attached  to  "Advance  Light  Brigade," 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwala- 
der, August  27-December  20,  1814. 

1907.    SPEAR,  HARRY  WIUJAM,  460 

3104  Clifford  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Wilson  (1789-1864),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  "Northampton  Blues,"  Captain  John  F. 
Ruhe,  First  Regiment,  Colonel  Lewis  Bache,  Pennsylvania  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  August  27-November  29,  1814. 

1892.  SPROAT,  HARRIS  ELRIC,  159 

Westtown,  Chester  County. 

Grandson  of  James  William  Sproat  (1793-1821),  in  United  States 
service  as  Captain  of  "Germantown  Blues,"  Major  Samuel 
Sparks'  Battalion,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Pennsylvania 
Militia,  September  8,  1814-January  2,  1815. 

1901.     STAGEY,  EDWARD  PORTER,  426 

4737  Cedar  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Sewall  Stacey  (1787-1866),  Commissioned, 
March  30,  1812,  Lieutenant,  Third  Regiment,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  William  Frost,  First  Brigade,  Sixth  Divi- 
sion, Massachusetts  Militia.  Honorably  discharged,  August 
28,  1815. 


84 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.     STEVENS,  JOHN  CONYNGHAM,  250 

Rydal. 

Grandson  of  Williatn  Stevens  (1779-1822),  Lieutenant  of  Light 
Infantry,  First  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  l8ll;also, 
First  Lieutenant,  Thirty-fourth  Regiment  Infantry,  United 
States  Army,  April  30,  l8l3-May  31,  1814. 

1892.     STULL,  ADAM  ARBUCKLE,  124 

505  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Adam  Stull,  Private  in  "Benevolent  Blues," 
Captain  Henry  Read,  Major  Samuel  Sparks'  Battalion,  Brig- 
adier General  Snyder's  Brigade,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, in  United  States  service  at  Marcus  Hook,  October, 
1814.  Veteran  tnstnber  of  "  Society  of  War  of  1812,"  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Grandson  of  Jacob  Delaney  ( 1 821 ) ,  Private,  Fourth  Company, 

"  Frankford  Artillerists,"  Captain  Bela  Badger,  First  Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Andrew  M.  Prevost,  attached  to  the  "Advance  Light  Brigade," 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwal- 
ader,  September  13,  1814-January  3,  1815. 

1891.     TAYLOR,  JAMES  LOOCKERMAN,  79 

24  Park  Place,  New  York  City. 

Sou  of  John  Bradford  Taylor,  Private,  Sixth  Regiment,  Mary- 
land Militia,  1814. 

1891.     TRENCHARD,  EDWARD,  20 

Babylon,  New  York. 

Grandson  of  Edward  Trenchard  (1787-1824),  Lieutenant,  United 
States  Navy,  February  18,  1807;  Commander,  United  States 
Navy,  July  24,  1813;  Commanded  the  "Madison,"  Flagship  of 
Commodore  Isaac  Chauncey,  United  States  Navy,  1813-15. 
Grandson  of  John  Mortimer  Barclay  (1788-1855),  Captain, 
Forty-fourth  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  Colonel 
James  T.  Ross,  March  11,  1814;  served  under  command  of 
Major  General  Andrew  Jackson.  Resigned  January  26,  1815. 


85 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.     VIELE,  SHELDON  THOMPSON,  58 

284  Main  Street,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Great-grandson    of     Benjamin     Barton    (1771-1842),    Deputy 
Quartermaster   General,    United   States   Army,   with   rank   of 
Major,  June  27,  1814.  Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 
Grandson  of  John  L.  Viele,  New  York  Militia,  1812. 


1891.     VOORHIES,  GORDON,  Late  Lieutenant,  United  States  Army,          91 
and  Captain,  United  States  Volunteers, 

2$0%  Third  Street,  Portland,  Oregon. 

Great-grandson  of  Peter  Gordon  Voorhies  (1772-1851),  Ensign, 
Captain  Hickman's  (Frankfort)  Company  of  Kentucky  Volun- 
teers; transferred  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department;  District 
Paymaster,  United  States  Army,  January  16-June  15,  1815; 
served  under  Major  General  William  Henry  Harrison,  1812-15. 


1899.     WADSWORTH,  REVEREND  CHARLES,  D.  D.,  403 

2038  Spring  Garden  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Elijah  Wadswofth  (1747-1817),  in  United 
States  service  as  Major  General,  Fourth  Division,  Ohio  Militia, 
August  22-December  8,  1812.  Commissioned  January  11, 
1804. 


1904.     WALLACE,  HAMILTON  STONE,  Lieutenant  Colonel,  444 

United  States  Army,  Pay  Department,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Brooke  (1746-1829),   Brigade   In- 
spector, Second  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia. 


1892.    WALLACE,  HERBERT  FAIRFAX,  114 

Real  Estate  Trust  Building,  Philadelphia. 

Great-great-grandson  of  William  Brooke  (1746-1829),  Brigade 
Inspector,  Second  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Pennsylvania 
Militia. 


86 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1899.     WALTON,  GEORGE  EDWARD  COOPER,  405 

921  Real  Estate  Trust  Building,  Philadelphia. 
Grandson  of  Francis  Cooper  (1789-18/0),  in  the  United  States 
service  as  Second  Lieutenant,  Sixth  Company,  Captain  John 
Schweppenheiser,  Colonel  John  Thompson's  Regiment,  Second 
Brigade,  First  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  1, 
1814-January  5,  1815. 


1893.     WARD,  AARON,  Captain,  United  States  Navy,  229 

Navy  Yard,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Aaron  Ward  (179 ")-! 867),  Lieutenant,.  Twenty- ninth 
Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  April  30,  1813;  Cap- 
tain, same  Regiment,  May  1,  1814.  Honorably  discharged  June 
15,  1815. 


1905.     WARNE,  EDWARD  PAUL  BREY,  453 

4033  Baltimore  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Elisha  Spring  Warne  (1789-1878),  commissioned 
Brigade  Major  and  Inspector,  Sussex  Brigade,  New  Jersey  Mili- 
tia, June  14,  1814;  ordered  into  service  under  general  orders, 
State  of  New  Jersey,  August  12,  1814. 


1892.     WATMOUGH,    JAMES  HORATIO,  Commodore   and  Pay  Di-  170 

rector,  United  States  Navy,  1711  I  Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Son  of  John  Goddard  Watmough  (1793-1860),  in  United  States 
service  as  Corporal,  Captain  Condy  Raguet's  Company,  "  Wash- 
ington Guards,"  Fourth  Detachment,  Pennsylvania  Militia, 
Colonel  L,ewis  Rush,  May  13-June  18,  1813 ;  Third  L,ieutenant,- 
Second  Regiment,  Artillery,  United  States  Army,  September 
22,  1813;  Second  Lieutenant,  April  19,  1814.  Transferred  to 
Corps  of  Artillery,  May  12,  1814.  Brevet  First  Lieutenant, 
August  15,  1814,  "for  gallant  conduct  in  the  defense  of  Fort 
Erie,  Upper  Canada."  Resigned  October  1,  1816. 


87 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.  WEBSTER,  EDMUND  KIRBY,  Major,  United  States  Army,  116 

"The  Westmoreland,"  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  L,ee  Smith  (1776-1846),  Major,  Twenty- 
fifth  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  March  12,  1812;  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  Twenty-fourth  Infantry,  March  12,  1813;  transferred 
to  Twenty-fifth  Infantry,  September  28,  1814;  transferred  to 
Fifth  Infantry,  May  17,  1815;  Colonel,  Third  Infantry,  February 
10,  1818.  Honorably  discharged  June  1,  1821. 

1893.  WEBSTER,  FRANK  DANIEL,  Ciptain,  United  States  Army,  218 

Presidio  of  Monterey,  California. 

Great-grandson  of  Benjamin  Severance,  in  United  States  service 
as  Corporal,  Captain  Silas  C  ill's  Company,  Second  Regiment, 
New  Hampshire  Detached  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant John  Steele,  October  2-November  11,  1814. 

1903.     WEITZEL,  EBEN  BOYD,  434 

Ridley  Park,  Delaware  County. 

Great-grandson  of  George  Weitzel  (1793-1846),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  William  F.  Buyer's  Company, 
Seventy-seventh  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  George  Weirick, 
First  Brigade,  Pennsylvania  Militia. 

1892.  WETHERBEE,  WINTHROP,  119 

43  Bay  State  Road,  Boston,  Mass. 

Great-grandson  of  Moses  Holden  ( 1831),  in  United  States 

service  as  Sergeant  of  Guard,  detailed  from  Regiment  of  Massa- 
chusetts Militia  for  service  in  Boston,  Mass.  (Sergeant  Nathan- 
iel Phillips  commanding  detail),  June  19-26,  1813. 

1893.  WETMORE,  WILLIAM  BOERUM  [Endowed  Membership] ,  179 

Allenhurst,  New  Jersey. 

Grandson  of  William  Boerum  (1796-1842), Midshipman,  United 
States  Navy,  September  1,  l8ll.  Served  on  the  "Hornet"  as 
Aid  to  Commodore  James  Biddle,  United  States  Navy.  Served 
through  successive  grades  to  his  death,  as  Commander,  United 
States  Navy,  November  2,  1842. 


88 

ELECTBU.  STATE  No. 

1893.     WHIPPLE,  CHARLES  HENRY,  Colonel  and  Paymaster  223 

General,  United    States  Army, 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Benjamin  Wright  (1784-1861),  Lieutenant  in  Com- 
pany of  "Silver  Grays"  of  Adams,  Jefferson  County,  New 
York;  in  service  at  Sackett's  Harbor  under  Major  General 
Jacob  Brown,  United  States  Army. 


1907.     WHYTE,  ISAAC  HEZEKIAH,  D.  D.  S.,  467 

Hast  Dowingtown. 

Great-grandnephew  and  representative  of  Peter  Mengle  (1787- 
1837),  in  United  States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Jacob  Mar- 
shall's Company,  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Jeremiah  Schappell,  August  28,  1814-March 
5,  1815. 


1891.     WILCOX,  REYNOLD  WEBB,  M.  D.,  LL-  D.,  39 

679  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Reynold  Webb,  in  United  States  service  as  Musician, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Zacariah  Clarke's  Company,  Colonel  Elisha 
Sill's  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  July  5-14,  1813.  Also  at 
Fort  Fenwick,  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  April  8,  1814. 

1895.     WILKINSON,  OGDEN  DUNGAN,  294 

2031  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Great-grandson  of  Elisha  Wilkinson  (1772-1846),  Brigade 
Quartermaster,  Second  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  Samuel 
Smith,  Second  Division,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  1813-14;  also 
Assistant  Quartermaster  General,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  1814. 


89 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.    WILLIAMS,  CHARLES,  123 

416  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Grandson  of  Josiah  Randall,  in  United  States  service  as  First 
Sergeant,  "Junior  Artillerists,"  Captain  Jacob  Cash,  Jr.,  Second 
Company,  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Artillery, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Andrew  M.  Prevost,  "Advance  Light 
Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas 
Cadwalader,  August  26,  1814-January  3,  1815.  Veteran  Mem- 
ber of  "Society  of  War  of  1812,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

1891.  WOOD,  BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN,  Lieutenant  Commander,  United        41 

States  Navy  (Retired), 

213  North  Fulton  Avenue,  Mount  Vernon,  New  York. 
Son  of  James  Wood,  Contractor  for  Army  Supplies;  served  in 
battle  of  Sacket's  Harbor,  under  command  of  Major  General 
Jacob  Brown,  United  States  Army,  1813. 

1892.  WOOD,   MARSHALL  WILLIAM,   Lieutenant  Colonel,  United        162 

States  Army  (Retired),  Boise,  Idaho. 

Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Marshall  (1759-1844),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  John  Butler's  Company, 
Colonel  Klihu  Sanford's  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  Sep- 
tember 8-October  8-20,  1814. 

1894.    WOODMAN,  REVEREND  CLARENCE  EUGENE,  Ph.  D.,  287 

415  West  Fifty-ninth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  Stephen  Woodman  (1792-1866),  Second  Lieuten- 
ant, Thirty-third  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army, 
April  30,  1813;  First  Lieutenant,  May  31,  1814;  Adjutant,  same 
regiment,  October  1,  1814.  Honorably  discharged  June  15, 
1815. 


90 

ELECTED.  STATB  No. 

1894.     WRIGHT,  GEORGE  RIDDLE,  269 

Wilkes-Barre. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Wright  (1785 ),  Third  Sergeant,  Cap- 
tain Peter  Hallock's  Company,  Thirty-sixth  Regiment,  Penn- 
sylvania Militia,  1814. 


1895.    YEAGER,  FREDERICK  MUSSER,  331 

433  Penu  Street,  Reading. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Yeager  (1782-1821),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  George  Marx's  Company,  First 
Regiment,  Second  Brigade,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Militia, 
Lieutenant  Jeremiah  Schappell,  September  1-December  4,  1814. 


DESCENDANT  MEMBERSHIP  .  .  242. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 


IN  THE 


STATE  OF  MARYLAND. 


Officers 


OF  THE 


IN  THE  STATE  OF  MARYLAND, 

From  its  Organization,  September  14,  1814. 


Military  Commanders. 
FIRST  MILITARY  COMMANDER,     .     .     MAJOR  GENERAL  SAMUEL  SMITH 

(1814  to  1815.) 

SECOND  MILITARY  COMMANDER,    .    MAJOR  GENERAL  GEORGE  H.  STEWART 

(1815  to  1841.) 

Presidents. 
MAJOR  GENERAL  WILLIAM  MCDONALD,   1841  to  1844. 


COLONEL  DAVID  HARRIS,  1844  to  1846. 

MAJOR  JACKSON,  1846  to  1847. 

COLONEL  JOSEPH  K.  STAPLETON,  1847  to  1852. 

CAPTAIN  ANDREW  A.  WARNER,  1852  to  1870. 

MAJOR  JOSHUA  DRYDEN,  1870  to  1878. 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  J.  DANEKER,  1878  to  1881. 

COLONEL  ELIJAH  STANSBURY,  1881  to  1883. 

JAMES  C.  MORFORD,  1883  to  1888. 

SAMUEL  A.  DOWNS,  1888  to  1890. 

JAMES  HYLAND,  1890  to  1891. 

Louis  P.  GRIFFITH,  1891  to  1894. 

EDWIN  WARFIELD,  1894  to  1898. 

JAMES  E.  CARR,  JR.,  1898  to  1901. 

JOHN  MASON  DULANEY,  1901  to  1903. 

ALBERT  KIMBERLY  HADEL,  1903  to  1905. 

BRIG.  GEN.  PETER  LEARY,   U.  S.  A.,  1905       . 

91 


Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 


92 


Secretaries. 

CAPTAIN  SAMUEL  MYERS,  1841  to  1844. 

HOWARD  GRIFFITH,  1844  to  1845,  1848  to  1850. 


EDWARD  ROBERTS, 
COLONEL  NICHOLAS  BREWER, 
WILLIAM  H.  DANEKER, 
LEWIS  H.  MILLER, 
ALBERT  K.  HADEL,  M.  D., 
JOHN  EDWIN  WARNER, 
ARTHUR  M.  EASTER, 
WILLIAM  HARRISON  GILL, 
JAMES  D.  IGLEHART,  M.  D., 
CHARLES  EDWARD  TEALE, 


1845  to  1847. 
1851  to  1879. 
1880  to  1888. 
to  1891. 


Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 

Veteran  of  1812. 


1891  to  1892. 

1892  to  1893. 

1893  to  1894. 

1894  to  1895. 

1895  to  1901. 
1901   . 


Veteran  of  1812. 
Veteran  of  1812. 


Treasurers. 

SAMUEL  G.  HYDE,  1841  to  1845. 

COLONEL  NICHOLAS  BREWER,  1845  to  l%50- 

SAMUEL  CHILDS,  1850  to  1852, 

1861  to  1862,  1865  to  1866.     Veteran  of  1812 
ASBURY  JARRETT,  1853  to  1855, 

1863  to  1864,  1867  to  1879.     Veteran  of  1812 
WILLIAM  H.  DANEKER,  1880  to  1888. 

LEWIS  H.  MILLER,  1889  to  1892. 

ROBERT  T.  SMITH,  1892  to  1899. 

JAMES  E.  STEWART,  1899  to  I9°I- 

EDWARD  FERGUSON  ARTHURS,  1901       . 


Officers 


OF  THE 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  MARYLAND. 

Organized  September  14,  1814.  Re-organized  August  i,  1841. 

Incorporated  October  25,   1893. 


1908. 


President. 
Brigadier  General  PETER  LEARY,  U.  S.  A. 

Vice-Presidents, 

JAMES  DAVIDSON  IGLEHART,  M.  D., 

THOMAS  HILL. 

Secretary, 

CHARLES  EDWARD  TEALE. 
Govanstown,  Maryland. 

Treasurer, 
EDWARD  FERGUSON  ARTHURS. 

Registrar, 
MADISON  MARINE. 

Historian, 
JOHN  APPLETON  WILSON. 

Chaplain, 
Rev.  HENRY  BRANCH,  D.  D. 

Executive  Committee, 

JOHN  MASON  DULANY,  ALFRED    DUNCAN    BERNARD, 

JAMES  EDWARD  CARR,  JR.,  NICOLAS  LEAKE  DASHIELL,  M.  D., 

EZEKIEL  MILLS,  JR.,  HOWARD  HALL  MACY  LEE, 

CHARLES  EDWARD  SADTLER,M.D.      CHARLES  ENGLAND, 
THOMAS  IRELAND  ELLIOTT. 

Delegates  to  the  General  Society, 
Brigadier  General  PETER  LEARY,  U.  S.  A., 
THOMAS  HILL, 
JOHN  APPLETON  WILSON, 
EDWARD  FERGUSON  ARTHURS, 
ALFRED  DUNCAN  BERNARD. 

93 


Descendant  Members 


OF  THE 


MARYLAND  SOCIETY. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1893.    ADDISON,  TAYLOR,  56 

232  North  Calhoun  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Peter  Armstrong  (1777-1837).  Enlisted  July  23, 
1814,  as  Private  in  Captain  Thomas  Y.  Carbery's  Company, 
Thirty-sixth  Infantry,  United  States  Army.  Stationed  at  Fort 
McHenry  during  bombardment  by  Admiral  Cockburn,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1814.  Honorably  discharged  March  21,  1815. 

1893.    ALBAUGH,  JACOB,  57 

537  West  Lafayette  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Son  of  William  Albaugh  (1782-1888),  Color-bearer  of  Baltimore 
County  Company,  Maryland  Militia ;  1814. 


ARTHURS,  EDWARD  FERGUSON,  140 

7  East  Preston  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  William  Ferguson  (1788-1865).  In  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  John  McNeal's  Company  of  Cav- 
alry, Ohio  Militia ;  August  23-October  14,  1812. 


1906.     ALFORD,  ALBERT  GALLATIN,  177 

309  East  Baltimore  Street,  Baltimore. 

Son  of  Ami  Alford  (1791-1862).  In  United  States  service  as 
Private,  Captain  Samuel  Jack's  Company,  Seventh  Regiment 
New  York  State  Militia  Artillery;  September  2O-December  30, 
1812. 

95 


96 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1900.     BANDIX,  LITTLETON  CHANDLER,  i^ 

1529  Edmonston  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  William  Bandel  (1786-1871),  Private,  Captain 
Thomas  Sheppard's  Company,  Sixth  Regiment  Maryland  Militia, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  William  McDonald.  Partici- 
pated in  Battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry  September 
12-13,  1814. 

1907.     BAUGHMAN,  CHARGES  (CHRISTIAN,  184 

Richmond,  Va. 

Grandson  of  George  Greer  (  -  1826).  In  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Charles  Pennington's  Company  "Bal- 
timore Independent  Artillerists,"  First  Regiment  of  Artillery, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  David  Harris,  Maryland  Militia  ;  August  19- 
November  30,  1814.  Participated  in  Battles  of  North  Point  and 
Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1907.    BAUGHMAN,  EMIUUS  ALLEN,  185 

Richmond,  Va. 

Grandson  of  George  Greer  (  -  1826).  In  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Charles  Pennington's  Company  "Bal- 
timore Independent  Artillerists,"  First  Regiment  of  Artillery, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  David  Harris,  Maryland  Militia  ;  August  19- 
November  30,  1814.  Participated  in  Battles  of  North  Point  and 
Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13, 


1897.    BERNARD,  ALFRED  DUNCAN,  132  - 

1718  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  George  Gore  (1791-1861),  Private,  Cap- 
tain Christopher  Carman's  Company,  Sixth  (Moore's)  Regiment 
Cavalry,  Maryland  Militia;  1814. 


97 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1893.    BOULDIN,  AUGUSTUS,  58 

1712  North  Charles  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Jehu  Bouldin,  Captain  "Independent  Light  Dra- 
goons," Fifth  Regiment  Cavalry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Command- 
ant James  Biays,  Maryland  Militia.  Engaged  at  Battle  of  North 
Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1904.     BOYCE,  ALBERT  PAGE,  166 

217  East  Preston  Street,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  James  Page,  M.  D.  (1783-1832),  Surgeon's 
Mate,  United  States  Navy,  September  7,  1807;  Surgeon,  March 
5,  1811.  Resigned  June  14,  1824. 

1898.     BRANCH,  REV.  HENRY,  D.  D.,  146 

Ellicott  City. 

Grandson  of  Benjamin  James  Harris  (  -  1834).  In  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  William  McCabe's  Company, 
Nineteenth  Regiment,  Infantry  (Colonel  Ambler),  Virginia 
Militia;  March  18-27, 


1898.     BROMLEY,  JOHN  LEWIS,  144 

876  Broadway,  Oakland,  Cal. 

Son  of  Lewis  Bromley  (1787-1834),  Sergeant  in  Captain  John 
Buck's  Company,  Thirty-eighth  Regiment,  United  States  Infan- 
try (Lieutenant  Colonel  William  Stewart)  ;  1814. 

1896.    BULL,  ROBERT  BERRY,  129 

1530  Mount  Royal  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  John  Berry  (1791-1856),  Captain  "Washington 
Artillery,"  First  Regiment  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant David  Harris,  Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point 
September  12  and  at  Fort  McHenry  September  13,  1814. 

8538—7 


98 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.     CARR,  ALFRED  JARRETT,  20 

Law  Building,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  John  Wright  (1789-1875),  Second  Corporal 
"Franklin  Artillery"  (Captain  John  Myers),  First  Regiment 
Artillery  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris), 
Maryland  Militia.  Present  at  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August 
24,  1814,  and  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1892.     CARR,  JAMES  EDWARD,  JR.,  10 

Law  Building,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  John  Wright  (1789-1875),  Second  Corporal 
"Franklin  Artillery"  (Captain  John  Myers),  First  Regiment 
Artillery  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris), 
Maryland  Militia.  Present  at  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24, 
1814,  and  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1892.     CHRISTHILF,  EDWARD,  8 

839  Harlem  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Harry  Christhilf,  Private  Sixth  Company  (Captain 
Henry  Myers),  Thirty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry  (Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Benjamin  Fowler),  Maryland  Militia. 
Present  at  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1895.     COLE,  JOHN  CARROLL  LE  GRAND,  115 

2447  Barclay  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Walter  Cody  Hayes  (1778-1826),  Private  "Marine 
Artillery"  (Captain  George  Stiles),  Maryland  Militia.  Present 
at  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1894.    COLE,  ROBERT  CLINTON,  97- 

18  Builders'  Exchange,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  William  Cole  (1784-1844),  Private  Tenth  Com- 
pany, Captain  Nicholas  Burke,  Sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  William  MacDonald,  Maryland 
Militia.  Engaged  in  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


99 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.     CONRAD  JAMES  MADISON  MONROE,  87 

1723  Harlem  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Son  of  David  Conrad  (1793-1863),  Ensign  Twentieth  Infantry, 
United  States  Army,  July  20,  1814.  Resigned  December  31, 
1814. 

1907.     COOKE,  WILLIAM  DEWEY,  187 

Richmond,  Va. 

Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Trout  (1787-1850).  In  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  John  C.  Sower's  Company 
of  Artillery,  Augusta  County  Battalion,  Virginia  Militia;  Janu- 
ary 4-April  13,  1814. 

Also  great-grandson  of  Erasmus  Stribling  (1784-1858),  com- 
missioned Captain  Third  Regiment  of  Artillery,  Virginia  MiHtia, 
July  21,  1812. 

Great-grandson  of  Littleton  Waddell  (1790-1869),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Lieutenant  Samuel  Crawford's 
Company,  Fifth  (McDowell's)  Regiment,  Virginia  Militia,  Au- 
gust 30,  1814. 

1903.    DASHIELL,  NICHOLAS  LEEKE,  M.  D.,  162 

1129  West  North  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Henry  Dashiell  (1769-1830),  Private  in  "Marine 
Artillery,"  Captain  George  Stiles,  Maryland  Militia.  At  North 
Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 
Great-grandson  of  Benton  Harris  (1767-1830),  in  United  States 
service  as  Major,  Delaware  Militia,  for  ten  days  between  March 
16  and  May  22,  1813.  Served  in  the  defense  of  Lewes,  Dela- 
ware, at  the  bombardment  by  the  British,  April  6-7,  1813. 

1894.    DENNIS,  JAMES  TEACKLE,  104 

Lexington  and  Charles  Streets,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  Thomas  Wilson  (1777-1845),  Private  "Inde- 
pendent Blues,"  Captain  Aaron  R.  Levering,  Fifth  Regiment 
Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  Mary- 
land Militia.  Participated  in  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24, 
and  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


100 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.    DICKEY,  CHARTS  HERMAN,  79 

121  East  Twenty-fifth  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Philip  B.  Sadtler  (1771-1860),  Captain  of  "Balti- 
more Yeagers,"  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland  Militia.  Participated  in 
battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24,  and  North  Point,  September 
12,  1814. 

1894.    DICKEY,  PHILIP  SADTLER,  72 

Chicago,  111. 

Grandson  of  Philip  B.  Sadtler  (1771-1860),  Captain  of  "Balti- 
more Yeagers,"  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland  Militia.  Participated  in 
battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24,  and  North  Point,  September 
12,  1814. 

1906.    DIGGS,  Ross  MILES,  174 

1519  Bolton  Street,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  Beverly  Diggs  (1784-1862),  Sailing  Master, 
United  States  Navy,  March  I,  1814;  attached  to  Flotilla  under 
command  of  Commodore  Joshua  Barney  in  defense  of  Balti- 
more. Discharged  February  I,  1815. 

1899.    DOUGLASS,  ROBERT  GRAHAM  DUN,  150 

Orange,  N.  J. 

Great-grandson  of  George  Douglass  (1790-1869),  Private  "Bal- 
timore Fencibles,"  Captain  Joshua  H.  Nicholson,  First  Regi- 
ment Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris, 
Maryland  Militia.  At  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12, 
1814. 

DOWNS,  SAMUEL  ADDISON,  6 

Heathbrook,  Roland  Park. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Neven  (1790-1845),  Private  Eighth  Com- 
pany, Captain  Samuel  McDonald,  Sixth  Regiment  Infantry 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  William  McDonald),  Mary- 
land Militia.  At  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


101 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1893.     DULANY,  JOHN  MASON,  48 

2331  North  Calvert  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Dulany  (1790-1840),  Private  "Mechanical 
Volunteers,"  Captain  Benjamin  C.  Howard,  Fifth  Regiment 
Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett), 
Maryland  Militia.  Engaged  at  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August 
24,  and  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1892.    EASTER,  ARTHUR  MILLER,  38 

12  East  Lexington  Street,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  Lewis  Klein  (1783-1837),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  George  W.  Blincol's  Company, 
Virginia  Militia;  August  23-September  16,  1814. 

Great-grandson  of  Daniel  Miller  ( 1869),  in  United  States 

service  as  Private  in  Captain  Jacob  Baer's  Troop,  Fifth  Regiment 
Cavalry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  James  Biays),  Mary- 
land Militia;  August  n-September  24,  1814.  Served  in  the  de- 
fences of  Washington  and  at  the  battle  of  North  Point,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1814. 

1895.    ELLIOTT,  THOMAS  IRELAND,  118 

8 1  Gunther  Building,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  John  Bunting  (1782-1847),  Private  in  Captain 
Michael  Peters'  Company,  Fifty-first  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  Henry  Amey,  Maryland  Militia. 
At  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1906.    ENGLAND,  CHARLES,  176 

1507  Park  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Richard  Middleton  (1786-1869),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Aaron  R.  Levering's  Company, 
Fifth  Regiment  Infantry,  Maryland  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  August  ig-November  18,  1814. 
Engaged  at  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24;  North  Point, 
September  12,  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  13,  1814. 


102 

EI/BCTBD.  STATE  No. 

1907.  FLEMING,  ALLISON  SWEENEY,  191 

Fairmount,  W.  Va. 

Great-great-grandson  of  John  McFerran  (1793-1868),  in  United 
States  service  as  Sergeant,  Captain  Edward  Asquith's  Company 
of  "Sharpshooters,"  First  Rifle  Battalion,  Major  William  Pink- 
ney,  Maryland  Militia;  August  19-November  18,  1814. 

1908.  FORD,  HENRY  JONES,  196 

Mount  Royal  Apartments,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  Uriah  Jones  (1788-1859),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Jacob  Deems'  Company,  Fifty-first 
Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Henry  Amey, 
August  19-November  19,  1814.  Participated  in  battles  of  North 
Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1895.    GILL,  ROBERT  LEE,  113 

Law  Building,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Stephen  Gill  (1781-1846),  Captain  Forty-first  Regi- 
ment Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  William  Hutch- 
ings,  Maryland  Militia;  1814. 

1889.    GRIFFITH,  Louis  PHILIP,  2 

1624  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Son  of  Howard  Griffith,  Jr.  (1794-1866),  Private  "Independent 
Blues"  (Captain  Aaron  R.  Levering),  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland 
Militia.  At  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24,  and  North 
Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1899.    HARGETT,  DOUGLASS  HENRY,  148 

Frederick.- 

Grandson  of  James  Burns  (1785-1814),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  First  Company,  Captain  James  McConkey,  Twenty- 
seventh  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
Kennedy  Long,  Maryland  Militia;  August  ig-Novernber  18, 
1814.  Engaged  in  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


103 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.     HILL,  THOMAS,  80 

405  Courtlandt  Street,  Baltimore. 

Son  of  Thomas  Gardiner  Hill  (1793-1849),  First  Sergeant, 
Captain  John  McKane's  Company,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment 
Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Kennedy  Long,  Mary- 
land Militia. 


1894.    HOLLOW  AY,  REUBEN  Ross,  109 

207  East  Preston  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Reuben  Ross  (1781-1830),  Lieutenant  "First  Balti- 
more Volunteer  Artillery"  (Captain  Abraham  Pyke),  First  Regi- 
ment Artillery  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris), 
Maryland  Militia.  At  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1894.     IGLEHART,  JAMBS  DAVIDSON,  M.  D.,  91 

211  West  Lanvale  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  James  Davidson  (1760-1840),  Private  "Union  Ar- 
tillery" (Captain  John  Montgomery),  First  Regiment  Artillery, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris,  Maryland 
Militia.  At  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1896.    JENKINS,  EDWARD  AUSTIN,  131 

1300  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Edward  Jenkins  (1774-1833),  Private  "Independ- 
ent Company"  (Captain  Samuel  Sterrett),  Fifth  Regiment  In- 
fantry, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  Mary- 
land Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 
Grandson  of  John  I.  Jenkins  (1789-1845),  in  United  States 
service  as  Sergeant  of  Artillery  Company,  Captain  John  Barnes, 
Fifth  Brigade,  Maryland  Militia;  June  27-July  10;  August  9-17, 
and  August  i8-September  n,  1814. 


104 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.    JENKINS,  FRANCIS  DE  SALES,  130 

1300  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Edward  Jenkins  (1774-1833),  Private  "Independ- 
ent Company"  (Captain  Samuel  Sterrett),  Fifth  Regiment  In- 
fantry, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  Mary- 
land Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814.  ; 
Grandson  of  John  I.  Jenkins  (1789-1845),  in  United  States 
service  as  Sergeant  of  Artillery  Company,  Captain  John  Barnes, 
Fifth  Brigade,  Maryland  Militia;  June  27-July  10;  August  9-17, 
and  August  i8-September  n,  1814. 

1906.    KAUFMAN,  JOHN  WILLIAM,  180 

1530  Harlem  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Son  of  Jonathan  Kauffman  (1796-1850),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private  in  Captain  Michael  Hubert's  (also  known  as  Lieuten- 
ant Foster  Maynard's)  Company,  Fifty-first  Regiment,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  Henry  Amey,  Maryland  Militia; 
August  i9-November  18,  1814.  At  battles  of  North  Point  and 
Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1905.    KENLY,  WILLIAM  WATKINS,  170 

539  East  Nineteenth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  Edward  Kenly  (1788-1861),  Private  in  Captain 
Daniel  Schwarzauer's  Company,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Kennedy  Long,  Maryland  Militia.  At 
North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 
Grandson  of  Gassaway  Watkins  (1752-1840),  in  United  States 
service  as  "Lieutenant  Colonel  of  Watkins'  Command,  Maryland 
Militia,"  April  i6-July  31,  1813,  at  Annapolis. 

1895.     KEPLINGER,  JOHN  BERNARD,  117 

1529  North  Broadway,  Baltimore.- 

Grandson  of  Michael  Keplinger  (1766-1849),  Private  Second 
Company,  Captain  William  Chalmers,  Fifty-first  Regiment  In- 
fantry, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Henry  Amey,  Mary- 
land Militia.  At  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry, 
September  12-13,  1814. 


105 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.    KNOTT,  HON.  ALOYSIUS  LEO,  134 

1029  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Son  of  Edward  Knott  (1790-1866),  in  United  States  service  as 
Ensign,  Captain  Thomas  Wheeler's  Company  of  Infantry, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Gassaway  Watkins'  Com- 
mand, Maryland  Militia,  April  26-September  8,  1813,  and  as 
Lieutenant  in  Captain  John  Wailes'  Company  of  Infantry,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  Jacob  Cramer's  Detachment,  Mary- 
land Militia,  August  29-October  9,  1814. 

1901.     LAKE,  RICHARD  PINKNEY,  157 

Equitable  Building-,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Grandson  of  George  Lake  (1776-1831),  in  United  States  service 
as  Captain  of  a  Detachment  of  the  Forty-eighth  (Jones)  Regi- 
ment, Maryland  Militia,  from  April  10,  1813,  and  September, 
i8i4-January  20,  1815. 

Grandson  of  Washington  Lake  (1784-1826),  in  United 
States  service  as  Lieutenant  of  Captain  William  McNamara's 
Detachment,  Forty-eighth  (Jones)  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia, 
from  April,  1813,  and  as  Lieutenant,  Captain  George  Lake's  De- 
tachment, same  Regiment,  September,  i8i4~January  20,  1815. 

1906.  LANDSTREET,  JOHN,  182 

Richmond,  Va. 

Grandson  of  John  Landstreet  ( 1855),  Private  in  "Wash- 
ington Artillery,"  Captain  John  Berry,  First  Regiment  of  Ar- 
tillery, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris,  Mary- 
land Militia.  At  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September 
12-13,  I8l4- 

1907.  LANGHORNE,  CHARLES  MC!NDOE,  186 

1642  West  Grace  Street,  Richmond,  Va. 

Great-grandson  of  Maurice  Langhorne  (1787-1865),  in  United 
States  service  as  Quartermaster,  Detachment  of  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fifteenth  (Howard's)  Regiment,  Virginia  Militia,  one 
day  between  June  26  and  July  7,  1813 ;  also  as  Second  Lieuten- 
ant, Captain  John  Miller's  Troop  of  Cavalry,  "McDowell's  Flying 
Camp,"  Virginia  Militia,  June  29-October  2,  1813. 


106 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.     LEARY,  PETER,  JR.,  Brigadier  General  United  States  137 

Army,  Retired,  The  Marlborough,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Peter  Leary  (1781-1871)  in  United  States  service 
as  Lieutenant  in  Captain  Andrew  Ellicott  Warner's  Company, 
Thirty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Command- 
ant Benjamin  Fowler,  Maryland  Militia,  August  19-31,  1814. 
Participated  in  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  Sep- 
tember 12-13,  1814. 


1894.    LEE,  HOWARD  HALI,  MACY,  in 

806  Reservoir  Street,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  George  W.  Ford  (1795-1887),  Private  "Inde- 
pendent Artillerists,"  Captain  Charles  Pennington,  First  Artil- 
lery, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris,  Maryland 
Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1907.     MAcDoNAU),  JOHN  STUART,  188 

Catonsville. 

Grandson  of  Francis  Younker   ( 1849),  m  United  States 

service  as  Private,  Captain  Richard  B.  Magruder's  Company 
"American  Artillerists,"  First  Regiment  of  Artillery,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  David  Harris,  Maryland  Militia,  August  19-November 
30,  1814.  Participated  in  the  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort 
Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 


1906.     MCDONALD,  WIUJAM  BARTHOLOW,  M.D.,  179 

1305  Linden  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Perkins  (1780  -  — ),  in  United  States- 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  David  Warfield's  Company  and 
in  Captain  David  Cooke,  Jr.'s  Company,  Fifth  Regiment,  Mary- 
land Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett, 
August  io/-November  18,  1814.  Engaged  in  battles  of  North 
Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 


107 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.     MACKENZIE,  GEORGE  NORBURY,  35 

1808  Park  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Mackenzie  (1794-1866),  Private  in  Second 
Company,  Captain  John  Kennedy,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment 
Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Kennedy  Long, 
Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 
Grandson  of  Howell  Downing  (1790-1845),  Private  in  Fifth 
Company,  Captain  John  Stewart,  Fifty-first  Regiment,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commander  Henry  Amey,  Maryland  Militia. 
At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1898.     McNEAL,  JOSHUA  VANSANT,  142 

909  North  Calvert  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  James  McNeal  (1779-1857),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private  "Eagle  Artillerists"  (Captain  George  J.  Brown), 
First  Regiment  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
David  Harris,  Maryland  Militia,  August  19-November  30,  1814. 
Served  at  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1907.     MAHOOL,  HON.  JOHN  BARRY,  Mayor  of  Baltimore,  194 

2437  Maryland  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  James  Biays  (1760-1822),  in  United  States 
service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Fifth  Regiment  of 
Cavalry,  Maryland  Militia,  August  io/-October  18,  1814.  Par- 
ticipated in  the  campaign  about  the  City  of  Washington  and  in 
battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-18, 
1814. 

1905.     MARINE,  MADISON,  169 

Los  Angeles,  California. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Knowles  (1785-1857),  served  as  a 
Volunteer  in  the  defense  of  Lewes,  Del.,  at  the  bombardment  by 
the  British,  April  6-7,  1813,  as  Private  in  Captain  Thomas 
Rider's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Mitchell 
Harshaw's  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia.  Enlisted  at  Laurel, 
Delaware. 


108 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1905.     MARINE,  RICHARD  ELLIOTT,  168 

2514  Madison  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Knowles  (1785-1857),  served  as  a 
Volunteer  in  the  defense  of  Lewes,  Del.,  at  the  bombardment 
by  the  British,  April  6-7,  1813,  as  Private  in  Captain  Thomas 
Rider's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Mitchell 
Harshaw's  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia.  Enlisted  at  Laurel, 
Delaware. 

1903.     MEIGS,  HENRY  BENJAMIN,  165 

German  and  Calvert  Streets,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Luther  Meigs  (1792-1865),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private  in  Captain  Elijah  W.  Wood's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Luther  Dixon's  Regiment,  Vermont  De- 
tached Militia,  September  25-November  18,  1813,  at  Plattsburgh. 

1905.     MERRITT,  JAMES  BLACK,  THIRD,  171 

Easton. 

Great-grandson  of  Benjamin  Merritt  (1779-1833),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  Frederick  Boyer's  Detach- 
ment, Eighth  (Whann's)  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia  Cavalry, 
thirteen  days,  from  September  n,  1814,  and  December  14-21, 
1814,  on  duty  at  Rock  Hall  and  Denby,  Kent  County,  Maryland. 

1892.     MILLS,  EZEKIEL,  JR.,  2I 

27  West  Biddle  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Ezekiel  Mills,  Sr.  (1757-1847),  Private  "Balti- 
more Union  Artillery"  (Captain  John  Montgomery),  First  Regi- 
ment Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris, 
Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1892.    MILLS,  GEORGE  ALBERT,  33- 

203  West  Fayette  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Ezekiel  Mills,  Sr.  (1757-1847),  Private  "Baltimore 
Union  Artillery,"  Captain  John  Montgomery,  First  Regiment 
Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris, 
Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


109 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1893.     MORGAN,  JOHN  HURST,  106 

227  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Berry  (1791-1856),  Captain  "Washing- 
ton Artillery,"  First  Regiment  of  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  David  Harris.  At  North  Point,  September  12, 
1814. 

1892.     NASH,  CHARLES  WESLEY,  41 

227  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Hugh  Carson  Davey  (1776-1849),  Private  "Ma- 
rine Artillery,"  Captain  George  Stiles,  Maryland  Militia.  Par- 
ticipated in  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  Septem- 
ber 12-13,  1814. 

1900.     NEILSON,  GEORGE  PEABODY,  156 

1516  Harlem  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Neilson  (1792-1845),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  Captain  Alexander  Crook's  Company,  Twenty- 
seventh  Regiment  Infantry,  Maryland  Militia,  Lieutenant  Col- 
onel Commandant  Kennedy  Long,  August  9-16,  1813,  and  as 
Private,  Captain  James  Foster's  Company,  Fifty-first  Regiment 
Infantry,  Maryland  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
Henry  Amey,  August  io/-November  18,  1814.  Was  engaged  at 
the  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13, 
1814. 

1898.    NEILSON,  ROBERT  MUSGROVE,  141 

921  North  Arlington  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Neilson  (1792-1845),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private  in  Captain  Alexander  Crook's  Company,  Twenty- 
seventh  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
Kennedy  Long,  Maryland  Militia,  August  9-16,  1813,  and  as 
Private  in  Captain  James  Foster's  Company,  Fifty-first  Regiment 
Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Henry  Amey,  Mary- 
land Militia,  August  i9-November  18,  1814.  Was  engaged  at 
battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


110 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.    OWENS,  EDWARD  BURNESTON,  j^g 

1912  Mount  Royal  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Owens  (1780-1849),  Private  "Independent 
Company,"  Captain  James  Sterrett,  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland 
Militia.  Wounded  at  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 
Grandson  of  Benjamin  Buck  (1779-1848),  First  Lieutenant 
"Washington  Artillery,"  Captain  John  Berry,  First  Regiment 
Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris,  Mary- 
land Militia.  '  At  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September 
12-13,  1814. 


1894.    PARRISH,  JAMES  HAGERTY,  83 

207  West  Camden  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  William  Parrish  (1794-1833),  Private  in  "Sharp 
Shooters,"  Captain  Edward  Aisquith,  First  Rifle  Battalion,  Major 
Commandant  William  Pinkney,  Maryland  Militia.  At  North 
Point,  September  12,  1814. 

Also  grandson  of  Robert  Shares,  Private,  Captain  John  D.  Mil- 
ler's Company,  Twenty-ninth  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Benjamin  Fowler,  Maryland  Militia.  At  North 
Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1894.    PARRISH,  WILUAM  TIPPETT,  84 

411  Exchange  Place,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  William  Parrish   (1794-1833),  Private  in  "Sharp 
Shooters"    (Captain  Edward  Aisquith),    First    Rifle    Battalion 
(Major  Commandant  William  Pinkney),  Maryland  Militia.     At. 
North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

Also  grandson  of  Robert  Shares,  Private,  Captain  John  D.  Mil- 
ler's Company,  Thirty-ninth  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Benjamin  Fowler,  Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point, 
September  12,  1814. 


Ill 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.     PENTZ,  FRANKLIN  ELDRIDGE,  158 

10  East  Madison  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Pentz  (1794-1871),  Private  "United  Mary- 
land Artillery,"  Captain  James  Piper,  First  Regiment  of  Artil- 
lery, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris,  Maryland 
Militia.  At  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13, 
1814. 

1902.    PENTZ,  WILLIAM  FLETCHER,  159 

1646  East  Fayette  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Pentz  (1794-1871),  Private  in  "United 
Maryland  Artillery,"  Captain  James  Piper,  First  Regiment  of 
Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris, 
Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  Septem- 
ber 12-13,  1814. 

1906.     PHIFER,  ROBERT  SMITH,  JR.,  178 

Danville,  Va. 

Great-grandson  of  Eustace  Hunt  (1789-1845),  in  United  States 
service  as  Ensign  in  Captain  James  Howerton's  Company,  Fifth 
Regiment,  Colonel  Waddy  Street,  Virginia  Militia;  six  months, 
from  June  i,  1814. 

1892.    PRIMROSE,  SAMUEL  FLETCHER,  17 

1722  East  Oliver  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Hush  ( 1814),  Private  in  Captain  G. 

McGee's  Company,  First  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  John  Ragan,  Maryland  Militia.  Died  December 
25,  1814,  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Bladensburg,  Au- 
gust 24,  1814. 

1896.     REYNOLDS,  WILLIAM  BUTLER,  Major  United  States  126 

Army  (Retired),  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Grandson  of  John  Reynolds  (1793-1881),  Private  "Baltimore 
Rifles,"  Captain  Coates,  Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point, 
September  12,  1814.  Veteran  Member  of  the  "Society  of  the 
Old  Defenders,"  Baltimore,  Md. 


112 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1907.  RINEHART^  EVAN  URNER,  Midshipman,  United  States  Navy.  190 

Great-grandson  of  William  Roney  (1782-1844),  in  United  States 
service  as  First  Lieutenant  and  Captain,  Second  (Heath's)  Regi- 
ment, Maryland  Militia,  May  12-July  7,  1813.  Also  as  Captain 
Thirty-ninth  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Benjamin  Fowler, 
Maryland  Militia,  August  11-23,  I8i3,  and  August  ig-Novem- 
ber  18,  1814.  Participated  in  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort 
McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1907.    RINEHART,  THOMAS  WARDEN,  189 

1920  Park  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Roney  (1782-1844),  in  United  States 
service  as  First  Lieutenant  and  Captain,  Second  (Heath's)  Regi- 
ment, Maryland  Militia,  May  12-July  7,  1813.  Also  Captain 
Thirty-ninth  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Benjamin  Fowler, 
Maryland  Militia,  August  11-23,  1813,  and  August  io,-Novem- 
ber  18,  1814.  Participated  in  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort 
McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1898.    RUSK,  JACOB  KREBS,  JR.,  145 

Law  Building,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  George  Rusk  (1790-1838),  Private  "Fell's  Point 
Light  Dragoons,"  Captain  John  Hanna,  Fifth  Regiment  Cav- 
alry, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  James  Biays,  Maryland 
Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1900.     SADTLER,  CHARLES  EDWARD,  155 

1415  Linden  Avenue,  Baltimore^ 

Grandson  of  Philip  B.  Sadtler  (1771-1860),  Captain  "Baltimore 
Yeagers,"  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland  Militia.  At  Bladensburg, 
August  24,  1814,  and  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


113 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.    SADTLER,  HOWARD  PUTT,  29 

1622  Bolton  Street,  Baltimore. 

Son  of  Philip  B.  Sadtler  (1771-1860),  Captain  "Baltimore 
Yeagers,"  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland  Militia.  At  Bladensburg, 
August  24,  and  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1906.  SHEIB,  SAMUEI,  HENRY,  181 

Nashville,  Tenn. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Elbert  ( 1815),  in  United  States 

service  as  Private  in  Captain  George  W.  Smith's  Company 
"Easton  Light  Infantry  Blues,"  Fourth  Regiment,  Maryland 
Militia,  "twelve  days,  between  April  and  November,  1814."  Also 
as  Private  in  Captain  Samuel  Beddingfield's  Company,  Twenty- 
first  (Reed's)  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  "eighty-two  days,  be- 
tween April  15,  1813,  and  September  23,  1814."  Also  as  Private 
in  Captain  John  McKane's  Company,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment, 
Maryland  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Kennedy 
Long,  August  iOr-November  19,  1814.  Engaged  in  battles  of 
North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1896.     STEUART,  JAMES  EDMONDSTON,  125 

209  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  George  H.  Stewart  ( 1867),  Captain  "Wash- 
ington Blues,"  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett),  Maryland  Militia.  At  North 
Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1907.  STEWART,  AMBLER  JONES.,  192 

60  Wall  Street,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Bay  (1789-1874),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  John  Turner's  Company,  Forty-second 
(Smith's)  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  August  29-September  26, 
1814.  Also  as  Private,  Captain  John  Smithson's  Company,  Forty- 
ninth  (Veazey's)  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  October  19-27, 
1814. 

8538—8 


114 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.    STROBEL,  ALBERT  PERIGO,  82 

5  East  Lexington  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  John  Peter  Strobel  (1777-1859),  Corporal  "Eagle 
Artillerists,"  Captain  George  J.  Brown,  First  Regiment  Artil- 
lery, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris,  Mary- 
land Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1898.    TALBOTT,  HATTERSLY  WORTHINGTON,  139 

Rockville,  Montgomery  County. 

Grandson  of  Richard  Talbott  (1785-1840),  commissioned  En- 
sign, Captain  John  W.  Dorsey's  Company,  Thirty-second  Regi- 
ment Infantry,  Maryland  Militia,  May  13,  1813. 

1902.    TALBOTT,  HATTERSLY  WORTHINGTON,  JR.,  161 

Rockville,  Montgomery  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Richard  Talbott  (1785-1840),  commissioned 
Ensign,  Captain  John  W.  Dorsey's  Company,  Thirty-second  Regi- 
ment, Maryland  Militia,  May  13,  1813. 

Great-grandson  of  Otho  Holland  Williams  (1784-1852),  Major 
in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Tilghman's  Regiment,  Maryland  Cavalry. 
At  Bladensburg,  August  24,  1814. 

1902.    TALBOTT,  OTHO  HOLLAND  WILLIAMS,  160 

Rockville,  Montgomery  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Richard  Talbott  (1785-1840),  commissioned 
Ensign,  Captain  John  W.  Dorsey's  Company,  Thirty-second  Regi- 
ment, Maryland  Militia,  May  13,  1813. 

Great-grandson  of  Otho  Holland  Williams  (1784-1852),  Major 
in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Tilghman's  Regiment,  Maryland  Cavalry. 
At  Bladensburg,  August  24,  1814. 

1907.    TARR,  FREDERICK  CREY,  193 

2520  North  Calvert  Street,  Baltimore.- 

Grandson  of  Frederick  Crey  (1778 ),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  "Baltimore  Yeagers,"  Captain  Philip  B.  Sadtler, 
Fifth  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland 
Militia.  At  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13, 
1814. 


115 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1906.    TAYLOR,  BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN,  175 

National  Cemetery,  Frederick  Road,  Baltimore. 
Grandson  of  Robert  Taylor  (1781-1869),  Private  in  Captain 
Charles  Pennington's  Company  "Baltimore  Independent  Artil- 
lerists," First  Regiment  of  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant David  Harris,  Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point 
and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13, 


1899.  TEALE,  CHARLES  EDWARD,  152 

Govanstown. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Cranmer  Teale,  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  John  Marston's  Company,  Ninth  Regiment 
Artillery,  New  York  Militia;  September  i5-December  15,  1812; 
at  the  North  Battery,  New  York  City. 

1894.    TUCKER,  JAMES  ARMSTRONG  OWEN,  96 

405  Courtlandt  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Gardner  Hill  (1793-1849),  First  Sergeant, 
Captain  John  McKane's  Company,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment, 
Maryland  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Kennedy  Long.  Partici- 
pated in  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September 
12-13,  1814. 

1900.  WALL,  ALFRED  VERNON,  153 

526  North  Fulton  Avenue,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Reuben  Clements  (  -  1881),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  and  Corporal  in  Captain  Richard  McRae's 
Company  of  Petersburg  Infantry,  Major  Alexander's  Independ- 
ent Battalion  of  Virginia  Volunteers;  October  16,  i8i2-October 
1  6,  1813. 

1894.    WAREIELD,  HON.  EDWIN,  88 

Fidelity  Building,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Gassaway  Watkins  (1752-1840),  in  United  States 
service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  "Watkins'  Com- 
mand," Maryland  Militia;  April  i6-July  3,  1813,  at  Annapoli* 


116 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.    WARNER,  CULBRETH  HOPEWELL,  68 

227  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Michael  Warner  (1774-1848),  Quartermaster  Ser- 
geant, Fifty-first  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Henry  Amey,  Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point, 
September  12,  1814. 

1906.     WARING,  BENJAMIN  HARRISON,  JR.,  173 

1117  St.  Paul  Street,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Beard  (1790-1857),  Third  Sergeant  in 
Captain  Daniel  Schwarzauer's  Company,  Twenty-seventh  Regi- 
ment, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Kennedy  Long,  Mary- 
land Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1906.    WARING,  WILLIAM  EMORY,  JR.,  172 

1311  Eutaw  Place,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  Peter  Leary  (1781-1871),  in  United  States 
service  as  Lieutenant  in  Captain  Andrew  Ellicott  Warner's  Com- 
pany, Thirty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  Maryland  Militia,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  Benjamin  Fowler;  August  19-31, 
1814.  Participated  in  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry, 
September  12-13,  1814. 

1893.    WHYTE,  WILLIAM  PINKNEY,  JR.,  44 

130  West  Lanvale  Street,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  Joseph  White  (1791-1867),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Third  Company  (Captain  Peter  Gait),  Sixth 
Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  William 
McDonald,  Maryland  Militia;  August  io/-November  18,  1814. 
Engaged  in  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  Septem- 
ber 12-13,  1814. 

Great-grandson  of  the  Hon.  William  Pinkney  (1764-1822),  in 
United  States  service  as  Major  Commandant  First  Rifle  Bat- 
talion, Maryland  Militia,  August  19-November  18,  1814.  En- 
gaged in  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24,  1814,  where  he  was 
severely  wounded,  and  at  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  Sep- 
tember 12-13,  1814. 


117 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1908.    WILLIAMSON,  THOMAS  WILSON,  195 

406  Union  Trust  Building,  Baltimore. 

Great-grandson  of  Charles  Bosley  Green  (1793-1871),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Clement  Guiton's  Company, 
Second  (Schnucht's)  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  July  27- 
October  14,  1814.  Served  in  redoubt  at  Patterson  Park,  Balti- 
more, September  12-13,  1814. 

1903.    WILLIS,  WILLIAM  NICHOLAS,  164 

Federalsburg. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Willis  (1765-1839),  in  United  States 
service  as  Lieutenant  in  Captain  William  W.  Eccleston's  Detach- 
ment "Republican  Blues,"  First  Battalion,  Eleventh  (Pitt's) 
Regiment,  Maryland  Militia;  April  14-15,  1813.  Also  as  Private 
in  Captain  George  Sprig's  Company,  Thirty-third  (Spencer's) 
Regiment,  Maryland  Militia;  eight  days,  from  May  13,  1813,  and 
eighteen  days  in  August,  1813.  Also  Private  in  Captain  Benjamin 
Massey's  Company;  September  13-23,  1814. 

1894.    WILSON,  JOHN  APPLETON,  67 

Law  Building,  Baltimore. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Wilson  (1777-1845),  Private,  "Independent 
Blues,"  Captain  Aaron  R.  Levering,  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett,  Maryland 
Militia.  At  Bladensburg,  August  24,  and  North  Point,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1814. 


DESCENDANT  MEMBERSHIP  .  .  98. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 


IN  THE 


COMMONWEALTH  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 


Officers 


OF  THE 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 

IN  THE  COMMONWEALTH  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 
Organized  April  4,  1894.  Incorporated  September  10,  1894, 


1908. 


President. 

AMOS  BINNEY. 

Vice-Presiden  ts, 

CHARLES  SUMNER  PARSONS, 

WILLIAM  LITHGOW  WILLEY, 

SOLOMON  LORIN  KEITH. 

Secretary, 

GEORGE  EDWARD  BROWN. 
P.  O.  Box  2535,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Treasurer, 
WILLIAM  WALLACE  LUNT. 

Registrar, 
EDWIN  BIRCHARD  COX. 

Executive  Committee, 

ALBERT  FRANCIS  AMEE,  CALVIN  LORD, 

EDWIN  BIRCHARD  COX,  JAMES  LEONARD  WESSON. 

Delegates  to  the  'General  Society, 

WILLIAM  WALLACE  LUNT,  WILLIAM  LITHGOW  WILLEY, 

EDWIN  BIRCHARD  COX,  CALVIN  LORD, 

Hon.  JOHN  WINGATE  WEEKS. 

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Descendant  Members 

OF  THE 

MASSACHUSETTS  SOCIETY. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.    ALLEN,  CRAWFORD  CARTER,  48 

Haverhill. 

Grandson  of  Howard  Allen  (1783-1844),  Private  in  Captain 
Perry  Cook's  Company,  Rhode  Island  Militia  Infantry,  Colonel 
Isaac  Stall;  1813. 


1899.    AMEE,  ALBERT  FRANCIS,  64 

Box  12,  Cambridge. 

Great-grandson  of  Jacob  Amee  (1780-1844),  Private  in  Captain 
Fifield's  Company,  Third  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Dan- 
iel Messinger's)  Regiment  Infantry,  Massachusetts  Militia;  1814. 

1896.    ARNOLD,  ALLEN,  49 

54  Devonshire  Street,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  Allen  Lowd  (1797-1854),  Second  Lieutenant  in 
Captain  William  Gates'  Company,  United  States  Corps  of  Artil- 
lery, May  i,  1814;  stationed  at  Fort  Independence,  for  defense 
of  Boston  Harbor,  Massachusetts;  First  Lieutenant,  April  20, 
1818. 


1904.    BAKER,  ROY  BALL,  81 

147  Milk  Street,  Boston. 

Great-grandson  of  Daniel  Baker  (1782-1861),  in  United  States 
service  as  Corporal,  Captain  Thaddeus  Page's  Company  of  In- 
fantry, First  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel Commandant  Amos  Binney,  September  i2-October  10,  1814. 

123 


124 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1899.     BATES,  THEODORE  CORNELIUS,  63 

Box  15,  Worcester. 

Grandson  of  Obadiah  Bates  (1769-1831),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  Captain  Peter  Lothrop's  (Cohasset)  Company, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Samuel  Webb,  Jr.'s  Second 
Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia;  June  11-17,  1814. 


1908.     BATTIS,  EDWARD  CLARENCE,  88 

Salem. 

Grandson  of  John  Battis  (1780-1842),  served  on  Privateer  "Sur- 
prise," sailing  from  Baltimore. 


1903.    BICKEORD,  ROBERT  SLOANE,  80 

60  State  Street,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Sloane  (1788-1858),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private  in  Captain  Rufus  M.  Cady's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Calvin  Rich's  Eleventh  Regiment,  Fourth 
Brigade,  First  Division,  New  York  Detached  Militia;  June  29- 
July  10,  1812. 


1894.     BINNEY,  AMOS,  7 

526  Exchange  Building,  Boston. 

Great-grandson  of  Amos  Binney  (1778-1833),  United  States 
Navy  Agent  of  the  Port  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  January  23, 
i8i2-May  6,  1826.  Also  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  First 
Regiment  of  Infantry,  Third  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  Arnold 
Welles,  First  Division,  Major  General  Elijah  Crane,  Massachu- 
setts Militia.  Commissioned  May  25,  1813.  Resigned  April  18, 
1816.  In  United  States  service  September  12-October  10,  1814. 
Also  great-grandson  of  John  Binney  (1780-1838),  Captain 
Fourth  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry  (Colonel  Robert 
Purdy),  December  12,  1808.  Resigned  April  28,  1814. 


125 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.     BINNEY,  ARTHUR,  31 

253  Kent  Street,  Brookline. 

Great-grandson  of  Amos  Binney  (1788-1833),  United  States 
Navy  Agent  of  the  Port  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  January  23, 
i8i2-May  6,  1826.  Also  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  First 
Regiment  of  Infantry,  Third  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  Arnold 
Welles,  First  Division,  Major  General  Elijah  Crane,  Massachu- 
setts Militia.  Commissioned  May  25,  1813.  Resigned  April  18, 
1816.  In  United  States  service  September  12-October  10,  1814. 
Great-grandson  of  John  Binney  (1780-1838),  Captain,  Fourth 
Regiment,  United  States  Infantry  (Colonel  Robert  Purdy), 
December  12,  1808.  Resigned  April  28,  1814. 


1895.     BINNEY,  WIUJAM  GREENE,  34 

222  East  Union  Street,  Burlington,  N.  J. 

Grandson  of  Amos  Binney  (1778-1833),  United  States  Navy 
Agent  of  the  Port  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.,  January  23,  1812- 
May  6,  1826.  Also  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  First  Regi- 
ment of  Infantry,  Third  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  Arnold 
Welles,  First  Division,  Major  General  Elijah  Crane,  Massachu- 
setts Militia.  Commissioned  May  25,  1813.  Resigned  April  18, 
1816.  In  United  States  service  September  12-October  10,  1814. 
Great-grandson  of  John  Binney  (1780-1838),  Captain,  Fourth 
Regiment,  United  States  Infantry  (Colonel  Robert  Purdy), 
December  12,  1808.  Resigned  April  28,  1814. 


1894.     BLUNT,  STANHOPE  ENGLISH,  Lieutenant  Colonel  United  29 

States  Army,  Springfield  Arsenal. 

Great-grandnephew  of  Mark  S.  Blunt  ( 1815),  Lieutenant 

of  New  Hampshire  Privateer  "Portsmouth,"  1812-1815.     Lost 
at  sea  off  the  Island  of  Madeira,  January,  1815. 


126 

ELECTED.  .STATE  No. 

1895.     BRIGGS,  FRANK  HARRISON,  30 

22  High  Street,  Boston. 

Grandnephew  of  Thomas  Otis  Briggs   ( 1860),  Sailor  on 

American  Privateer,  captured  by  British  May  12,  1813.  Prisoner 
of  war  at  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and  Dartmoor,  England,  during 
war. 

1900.     BROWN,  GEORGE  EDWARD,  71 

Box  2535,  Boston. 

Great-grandson  of  Amasa  Brown  (1768-1847),  Wagon  Master 
under  Colonel  Winfield  Scott,  United  States  Army,  July  7~Octo- 
ber  16,  1813. 

1894.     BUFFUM,  WILLIAM  MANSFIELD,  6 

45  High  Street,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  James  R.  Buffum,  in  United  States  service  as  Private 
in  Captain  J.  C.  King's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Command- 
ant James  White's  Regiment  of  Infantry,  Massachusetts  Militia, 
five  days,  between  June  10  and  August  I,  1814,  and  five  days,  be- 
tween September  22  and  October  5,  1814. 

Grandson  of  Benjamin  Swan,  in  United  States  service  as 
Private  in  Captain  William  B.  Dodge's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  James  White's  Regiment  of  Infantry, 
Massachusetts  Militia,  two  days,  between  June  22  and  August  5, 
1814,  and  five  days,  between  September  19  and  October  10,  1814. 


CLARK,  AUGUSTUS  TAYLOR,  58 

47  Hancock  Avenue,  Newton  Centre. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Canby  Aldrich  (1791-1865),  Sergeant  in 
Captain  Caesar  A.  Rodney's  Company  of  Artillery,  Delaware 
Volunteer  Militia. 


127 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.  Cox,  EDWIN  BIRCH ARD,  45 

P.  O.  Box  1234,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  Matthew  Cox  (1785-1850),  Lieutenant,  Fourth 
Regiment  Infantry,  Massachusetts  Detached  Militia,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Brimblecome,  Brigadier  General  Samuel 
G.  Derby's  Brigade,  Major  General  Amos  Hovey's  Division; 
1814. 

1908.     CURRIER,  CHARLES  OTIS,  86 

332  Washington  Avenue,  Chelsea. 

Great-grandson  of  Otis  Legg  (1778-1838),  enlisted  at  Dover, 
New  Hampshire,  June  20,  1813,  "for  eighteen  months"  in  Captain 
Moses  Hoit's  Company,  Ninth  Infantry,  United  States  Army.  Re- 
enlisted  April  24,  1814,  "for  the  war."  Discharged  at  Portland, 
Maine,  as  Sergeant,  Captain  John  Merrill's  Company,  Thirty- 
fourth  Infantry,  March  31,  1815. 

1897.  DALY,  MARTIN  ORDWAY,  D.  D.  S.,  54 

29  Hollis  Street,  Boston. 

Great-grandson  of  James  Daly  (1769-1830),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Henry  Field's  Company  of  New 
York  Detached  Militia,  stationed  at  Sag  Harbor,  Long  Island, 
August  11-13,  1814. 

Also  great-grandson  of  Robert  Pierce  Tolman  (1782-1839),  in 
United  States  service  as  Private  in  Captairj  James  B.  Marston's 
Company  of  Infantry,  Third  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
Daniel  Messinger's)  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  September 
i6-October  15,  1814. 

1902.    DANKER,  REV.  ALBERT,  PH.D.,  79 

Maiden. 

Grandson  of  Frederick  Harrison  (1776-1863),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  John  Platt's  Company;  also  desig- 
nated Captain  Benjamin  Forbush's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Anthony  Delamater's  Second  Regiment,  New  York 
Detached  Militia,  August  i8-October  7,  1814.  Acting  Brigade 
Quartermaster  Sergeant. 


128 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1904.  DANKER,  REV.  WALTON  STOUTENBURGH,  82 

387  Clermont  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Great-grandson  of  Frederick  Harrison  (1776-1863),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  John  Platt's  Company;  also 
designated  Captain  Benjamin  Forbush's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Anthony  Delamater's  Second  Regiment, 
New  York  Detached  Militia,  August  i8-October  7,  1814.  Acting 
Quartermaster  Sergeant. 

1905.  DESHON,  GEORGE  DUREEE,  Major  Surgeon,  United  States  Army,      84 

Fort  Desmoines,  Iowa. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Deshon,  Jr.  (1794-1867),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Samuel  Merrill's  Company,  First 
Regiment  (Spring's),  Massachusetts  Militia,  June  16-18,  1814, 
in  defense  of  the  towns  of  Biddeford  and  Saco. 

1897.    ESTES,  FREDERICK  ANSON,  56 

P.  O.  Box  1093,  Lowell. 

Great-grandson  of  Tristam  Goodwin  (1782-1813),  enlisted  as 
Private  March  i,  1813,  in  Captain  Moses  Hoit's  Company,  Ninth 
Regiment,  United  States  Infantry.  Roll  of  Lieutenant  William 
L.  Foster's  Company,  dated  French  Mills,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1813,  shows  him  joined  from  Lieutenant  Eben  Child's 
Company  at  Grenadier  Island.  Died  December  27,  1813,  as  of 
Captain  Chester  Lyman's  Company. 

1895.    GAGE,  SETH  NEWTON,  32 

Ascutneyville,  Vermont. 

Grandson  of  Seth  Shaler  Arnold  (1788-1871),  in  United  States 
service  as  Orderly  Sergeant  in  Captain  James  Veitch's  Company 
of  Infantry,  Maryland  Militia,  in  the  defense  of  Annapolis 
against  the  British  fleet,  fifty  days  from  July  26,  1813. 

1894.    GALLOUPE,  CHARLES  WILLIAM,  M.  D.,  4 

188  Commonwealth  Avenue,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  Isaac  Gallop  (1785-1862),  Sergeant  in  Captain 
Nathaniel  Lamson's  (Beverly)  Company  of  Infantry,  Massa- 
chusetts Militia. 


129 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.    HALL,  BORDMAN,  40 

99  State  Street,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  Frye  Hall  (1788-1849),  Private  in  Lieutenant  N. 
Brook's  Company,  in  Lieutenant  E.  Hanford's  Company,  and  in 
Captain  Asher  Palmer's  Company  of  Infantry,  Massachusetts 
Militia,  1814. 


HASTINGS,  HENRY,  25 

126  State  Street,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  Walter  Hastings  (1778-1821),  commissioned  Cap- 
tain in  "North"  Company  of  Townsend,  Second  Regiment  In- 
fantry, Massachusetts  Militia,  April  10,  1809,  and  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Second  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade, 
Brigadier  General  Simon  Coburn,  Third  Division  (Major  Gen- 
eral Joseph  Bradley  Varnum),  Massachusetts  Militia,  July  8, 
1812.  Honorably  discharged  June  I,  1820.  In  United  States 
service  in  command  of  Fort  Warren,  Boston  Harbor,  September 
2O-November  5,  1814.  Assigned  by  General  Orders,  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts,  September  6  and  10,  1814. 


1894.    JAMES,  GEORGE  FRANK,  10 

P.  O.  Box  48,  Newtonville. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  James,  in  United  States  service  as 
Captain  Fifth  Company,  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry  (Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Thomas  Levering),  "Western  Brigade," 
New  Hampshire  Detached  Militia,  Brigadier  General  John  Mont- 
gomery, stationed  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  for  the  de- 
fense of  the  seaboard,  September  13-29,  1814. 

8538-9 


130 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1904.    KEITH,  SOLOMON  LORIN,  68 

Bridgewater. 
Grandson  of  Solomon  Keith  (1783-1832),  in  United  States  serv- 

* 

ice  as  Private  in  Captain  Isaac  Keith's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel Caleb  Howard's  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  stationed 
at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  September  2O-October  15,  1814. 

1904.    LORD,  CALVIN,  83 

141  Purchase  Street,  Boston. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Hooper  Russell  (1784-1869),  Third 
Lieutenant  Fortieth  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  September  I, 

1813.  On  recruiting  service  at  Boston,  1813,  and  Marblehead, 
1814;  Second  Lieutenant,  May  i,  1814,  in  Captain  John  Bailey's 
Company,  same  Regiment,  stationed  at  Marblehead.    Honorably 
discharged  June  15,  1815. 

1899.    Lu  NT,  WILLIAM  WALLACE,  65 

Hingham. 

Great-grandson  of  Lebbeus  Curtis  (1783-1815),  in  United  States 
service  as  Sergeant  Major  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
Page's  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  August  i-October  31, 

1814.  Also   Sergeant  Major,   Third  Regiment,   United   States 
Artillery;  Second  Lieutenant  same,  October  3,  1813.     Resigned 
February  7,  1814. 

1895.    PACKARD,  AMBROSE,  39 

425  Angell  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Grandson  of  Ambrose  Packard  (1794-1876),  Private  in  Captain 
Nehemiah  Lincoln's  Company,  Third  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  Caleb  Howard,  First  Brigade, 
Brigadier  General  Sylvanus  Lazell,  Fifth  Division,  Major 
General  Nathaniel  Goodwin,  Massachusetts  Militia;  1814. 


131 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.    PARSONS,  CHARLES  SUMNER,  55 

50  City  Hall,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  John  Parsons  (1793-1881),  Private  in  Captain  D. 
Elwell's  Company  of  Massachusetts  Militia.  In  battle  at  Glou- 
cester, September  19,  1814. 

1901.    PEAR,  ALBERT  MARSTON,  75 

City  Hall,  Cambridge. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Fuller  (1793-1886),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private  in  Captain  Seth  Hamlin's  Company,  First  Regiment, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Nye,  Massachusetts 
Militia,  stationed  at  Barnstable,  January  28-31,  1814;  also  as 
Private  in  Captain  John  Tucker's  Company,  First  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Dudley's  Regiment,  Massachu- 
setts Militia;  stationed  at  Dover,  September  i8-November  30, 
1814. 

1894.    PEARSON,  JOSEPH  HIRAM  STARR,  27 

P.  O.  Box  64,  East  Boston. 

Grandson  of  Charles  Marston  (1784-1862),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Second  Company,  Captain  George  Evans, 
Major  Edward  J.  Long's  Regiment  of  Infantry,  New  Hampshire 
Detached  Militia ;  stationed  at  Fort  Washington,  for  the  defense 
of  Piscataqua  Harbor,  June  24-July  4,  1814. 

1908.    PETTINGELL,  FRANK  HERVEY,  87 

Colorado  Springs,  CoL 

Grandson  of  Cutting  Pettingell  (1785-1865),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  John  Woodwell,  Junior's  Company, 
First  (Hale's)  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  October  1-4, 
1814. 


132 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.    PIERCE,  GEORGE  FRANCIS,  52 

Oak  Avenue,  Dorchester. 

Grandson  of  Lewis  Pierce  (1786-1874),  commissioned  Ensign  in 
First  Brigade,  First  Division,  Massachusetts  Militia,  September 
16,  1811 ;  First  Lieutenant,  March  7,  1815.  Discharged  February 
19,  1817.  In  United  States  service  as  Adjutant,  First  Regiment, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Dudley,  Massachu- 
setts Militia,  September  i3-November  7,  1814. 

1902.    REED,  THOMAS,  77 

43  Cottage  Street,  Cambridgeport. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Reed  (1793-1864),  Private  in  Captain 
Timothy  Hubbard's  (Montpelier)  Company,  Vermont  Volun- 
teers. Battle  of  Plattsburgh,  September,  1814. 


1895.    ROBERTS,  CHARLES  BAILEY,  37 

46  Commerce  Street,  Boston. 

Great-grandson  of  Reuben  Rich,  Captain  in  Privateer  Service 
from  Massachusetts  (Province  of  Maine),  1814.  His  vessel  was 
engaged  with  a  British  frigate  and  burned  in  the  Bucksport  Nar- 
rows, near  Bucksport,  Maine,  1814. 


1900.     SEAVEY,  FRED  HANNIBAL,  72 

Sheriff's  Office,  Court  House,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  Josiah  Fernald  (1788-1863),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private  in  Captain  Peter  Robertson's  Company  of  Volun- 
teer Artillery  of  Concord,  New  Hampshire;  stationed  at  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  September  10-29,  1814. 

1900.    TILDEN,  ALBERT  COLBURN,  69 

25  Falcon  Street,  East  Boston. 

Great-grandson  of  Luther  Tilden  (1777-1857),  Captain  Second 
(Turner's)  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia;  stationed  at  Scitu- 
ate  Harbor,  Mass.,  July  6,  1814. 


133 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.    WEEKS,  JOHN  WINGATE,  35 

203  Exchange  Building,  Boston. 

Grandnephew  of  John  Wingate  Weeks  (1781-1853),  Captain 
Eleventh  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry  (Colonel  Isaac 
Clark),  March  12,  1812.  Commended  for  gallantry  at  battle  of 
Lundy's  Lane,  Canada,  July  25,  1814,  under  command  of  Major 
John  McNeil,  Junior,  in  Brigadier  General  Winfield  Scott's  Brig- 
ade; Major,  Thirty-seventh  Infantry,  October  i,  1814.  Honor- 
ably discharged  June  15,  1815. 

1902.    WESSON,  JAMES  LEONARD,  78 

174  Newbury  Street,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  Abraham  Nye  (1793-1857),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private  in  Captain  Obed  B.  Nye's  Company,  First  Regi- 
ment, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Nye,  Massachu- 
setts Militia,  January  29-31,  and  October  3-12,  1814. 


1894.    WIW,EY,  WILLIAM  LITHGOW,  S.  D.,  i 

17  West  Cedar  Street,  Boston. 

Grandson  of  John  Willey,  in  United  States  service  as  Captain, 
Fifth  Company,  Third  Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Edward  Sise,  "Western  Brigade,"  New  Hampshire 
Detached  Militia,  Brigadier  General  John  Montgomery ;  stationed 
at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  for  defense  of  the  seaboard 
sixty  days  from  September  29,  1814. 


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IN  THE  STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT. 
Organized  April  5,  1894.  Incorporated  April  6,  1894. 


1908. 


President. 
Hon.  MORGAN  GARDNER  BULKELEY. 

Vice-Presidents, 

JOHN  EDWARD  HEATON, 

WILLIAM  WHEELWRIGHT  SKIDDY, 

HENRY  WALTON  WESSELS, 

CHARLES  PIERSON  COE, 
WILLIAM  TAYLOR  ANDREWS. 

Secretary-  Treasurer-Registrar, 

WALTER  ST.  GEORGE  HARRIS. 
62  Burton  Street,  Hartford,  Connecticut. 

Historian, 

ORIGEN  STORRS  SEYMOUR. 

Chaplain, 
Rev.  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON. 

Executive  Committee, 

ELI  WHITNEY,  JOHN  CLOCK  TURNER, 

JOHN  H.  SWARTWOUT,  LOUIS  MARDENBROUGH  FRENCH, 

JOHN  AMA  PECK,  EGERTON  SWARTWOUT, 

HANSFORD  L.  CURTIS,  GEORGE  JAMES  HOLMES,  M.  D., 

JOHN  WILSON  DROWN. 

Delegates  to  the  General  Society, 

Hon.  Morgan  Gardner  Bulkeley,  ex-officio. 

JOHN  MARSHALL  HOLCOMBE,          HENRY  JOSEPH  WARREN, 
Rev.  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON.  GEORGE  BLISS  SANFORD,  U.  S.  A., 

137 


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OF  THE 

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ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.    ANDREWS,  WILLIAM  TAYLOR,  18 

Noroton. 

Great-grandson  of  Ambe  Richards  (1773-1863),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  Schemerhorn's  Company, 
Second  Regiment  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Jonas 
Mapes),  First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  New  York  Detached 
Militia,  September  15-November  30,  1812. 

1894.    BRADLEY,  CYRUS  SHERWOOD,  13 

Southport. 

Great-grandson  of  Lyman  Hull  (1776-1822),  Private  in  Second 
Company  (Captain  Jeremiah  Sturgis),  Battalion  of  Connecticut 
Volunteer  Artillery  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Eli  Fow- 
ler), First  Brigade,  Connecticut  Volunteers.  In  United  States 
service  at  Mill  River,  Connecticut,  June,  1814. 

1894.     BULKELEY,  HON.  MORGAN  GARDNER,  19 

Hartford. 

Grandson  of  Avery  Morgan  (1781-1860),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Lieutenant  in  Captain  Newhall  Taintor's  (New  London) 
Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Ezra  Brainard's  Regi- 
ment, Connecticut  Militia,  August  i8-October  25,  1814. 

139 


140 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.     COE,  CHARGES  PIERSON,  4 

560  Main  Street,  Bridgeport. 

Grandson  of  Darius  Coe,  in  United  States  service  as  Private  in 
Captain  Amos  Fowler's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Benjamin  Baldwin's  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia, 
July  16-20,  1813,  and  September  7-14,  1814. 

1905.    CORNELL,  GEORGE  AUGUSTUS,  32 

264  Windsor  Avenue,  Hartford. 

Grandson  of  Henry  Cornell  (1787-1883),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  Captain  John  French's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel William  Moore's  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  June  15- 
August  ii,  1813,  and  August  10-26,  1814. 

1900.    CURTIS,  HANFORD  LORENZO,  29 

New  Britain. 

Grandson  of  Ebenezer  Curtis  (1778-1834),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private  in  Captain  Joseph  S.  Porter's  Company,  Twenty- 
eighth  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Lewis')  Regiment,  Con- 
necticut Militia,  April  15-17,  1814.  Also  as  Private  in  Captain 
Isaac  Phelps,  Junior's  Company,  First  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Ezra  Brainard's)  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  Au- 
gust i8-October  29,  1814. 

1903.    DROWN,  JOHN  WILSON,  31 

847  Main  Street,  Hartford. 

Grandson  of  Abraham  Shaw  (1762-1855),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private  in  Captain  Moses  Goodman,  Junior's  Company, 
First  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Ezra  Brainard, 
Connecticut  Militia,  August  i8-October  25,  1814. 

1894.    FRENCH,  Louis  MARDENBROUGH,  n 

Noroton  Heights. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Beach,  Jr.  (1794-1875),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  John  Butler's  Company,  Lieuten- 
ant Colonel  Commandant  Elihu  Sanford's  Regiment,  Connecticut 
Militia,  September  8-October  20,  1814. 


141 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.    HAMILTON,  REV.  ALEXANDER,  14 

65  Newton  Avenue,  Norwalk. 

Grandson  of  John  Church  Hamilton  (1792-1882),  Third  Lieu- 
tenant First  Regiment  of  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  March 
n,  1814;  Second  Lieutenant  April  19,  1814;  also  Aide-de-Camp 
to  Major  General  William  Henry  Harrison,  United  States  Army, 
commanding  Army  of  the  Northwest.  Resigned  June  n,  1814. 

1903.    HARRIS,  WALTER  ST.  GEORGE,  30 

62  Burton  Street,  Hartford. 

Grandson  of  Jonathan  Harris  (1788-1850),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  George  R.  Robertson's  Company, 
Third  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Moore's)  Regiment, 
Connecticut  Militia,  August  16-26,  1814. 

Great-grandson  of  Elisha  Beckwith  (1786-1 864),  in  United  States 
service  as  Lieutenant  in  Captain  Lemuel  G.  Crocker's  Company, 
Third  (Moore's)  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  July  15-28, 
1813,  and  August  10-26,  1814. 

1894.     HEATON,  JOHN  EDWARD,  10 

245  York  Street,  New  Haven. 

Grandson  of  Levi  Jennison,  Sergeant  in  Captain  Return  B. 
Brown's  Company,  Fourth  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry 
(Colonel  John  Parker  Boyd  and  Colonel  Robert  Purdy),  August, 
i8o8-August,  1813.  Served  under  Major  General  William 
Henry  Harrison,  United  States  Army,  and  wounded  at  battle  of 
Tippecanoe,  November  7,  1811;  captured  by  British  on  Miami 
River  in  1812,  and  paroled  at  Quebec  in  1813. 

1896.    HOLCOMBE,  JOHN  MARSHALL,  26 

Hartford. 

Grandson  of  Nathan  Johnson  (1779-1852),  in  United  States 
service  as  Captain  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Ezra 
Brainard's  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  June  8-July  15,  1813, 
and  August  18-29,  1814. 


142 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

HOLMES,  GEORGE;  JAMES,  M.  D.,  27 

New  Britain. 

Grandson  of  Bartlett  Holmes  (1789-1855),  in  United  States 
service  as  Sergeant  in  Captain  Joseph  Lester's  (New  London  and 
Groton)  Company,  Connecticut  Militia,  June  8-17,  1813;  July 
16-28,  1813,  and  August  9-24,  1814. 


1908.      MlDDLEBROOK,   LOUIS  FRANK,  33 

Hartford. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Middlebrook,  Jr.  (1789-1860),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Philip  Walker's  Company,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Philo  Lewis'  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  April 
15-17,  1814.  At  Bridgeport.  Commissioned  June  n,  1814, 
Lieutenant  and  Quartermaster,  Fourth  Regiment  of  Cavalry, 
Connecticut  Militia.  In  service  at  Bridgeport  and  Norwalk. 


1896.     PECK,  JOHN  AM  A,  20 

124  Water  Street,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  John  A.  Peck  (1785-1864),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private  in  Captain  Abijah  B.  Curtis'  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Elihu  Sanford's  Regiment,  Connecticut 
Militia,  September  26-October  20,  1814. 


1892.     SANFORD,  GEORGE  Buss,  Colonel  U.  S.  A.  (Retired),  7 

Litchfield. 

Great-grandson  of  Elihu  Sanford,  Jr.  (i759~l839)>  in  United 
States  service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  of  Connecticut 
Militia,  September  13-November  I,  1813,  and  September  5~Octo- 
ber  21,  1814. 

Also  grandson  of  Hervey  Sanford  (1785-1869),  in  United  States 
service  as  Adjutant,  same  Regiment,  September  8-October  21, 
1814. 


143 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.    SEYMOUR,  ORIGEN  STORKS,  24 

71  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Great-great-grandson  of  Elihu  Sanford,  Jr.  (1759-1839),  in 
United  States  service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant,  Con- 
necticut Militia,  September  13-November  i,  1813,  and  September 
5-October  21,  1814. 

Also  great-grandson  of  Hervey  Sanford  (1785-1869),  in  United 
States  service  as  Adjutant,  same  Regiment,  September  8-October 
21,  1814. 


1894.    SKIDDY,  WILLIAM  WHEELWRIGHT,  16 

Stamford. 

Son  of  William  Skiddy  (1794-1870),  Sailor  in  United  States 
Navy,  1812-1815.  Captured  by  the  British  and  confined  a  pris- 
oner of  war  at  Dartmoor,  England,  until  close  of  war. 


1908.    STRAIGHT,  CHARLES  TILLINGHAST,  35 

Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Great-grandson  of  Elisha  Avery  (1785-1815),  enlisted  February 
21,  1814,  as  Private,  Captain  Daniel  Ketchum's  Company, 
Twenty-fifth  Infantry,  United  States  Army.  Discharged  as 
Private,  Captain  Jesse  Beach's  Company,  same  Regiment,  May 
17,  1815,  by  reason  of  expiration  of  service.  Died  on  day  of  his 
discharge. 


1891.    SWARTWOUT,  EGERTON,  2 

1600  Fifth  Aventue,  New  York  City. 

Great-grandson  of  Robert  Swartwout  (1779-1848),  in  United 
States  service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  of  New  York 
Volunteers ;  served  in  the  defences  of  New  York  Harbor  in  1812  ; 
was  honorably  discharged  with  thanks  and  highly  commended  by 
Governor  Tompkins  in  General  Orders,  State  of  New  York, 
September  i,  1812.  Also  Brigadier  General,  Quartermaster  Gen- 
eral, United  States  Army,  March  21,  i8i3~June  15,  1815. 


144 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.     SWARTWOUT,  JOHN  HENRY,  15 

Stamford. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Swartwout  (1779-1848),  in  United  States 
service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  of  New  York  Volun- 
teers; served  in  the  defences  of  New  York  Harbor  in  1812;  was 
honorably  discharged  with  thanks  and  highly  commended  by 
Governor  Tompkins  in  General  Orders,  State  of  New  York, 
September  I,  1812.  Also  Brigadier  General,  Quartermaster  Gen- 
eral, United  States  Army,  March  21,  i8i3~June  15,  1815. 


1894.    TURNER,  JOHN  CLOCK,  17 

Noroton. 

Grandson  of  Charles  Turner  (1795-1884),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private  in  Captain  George  Ashbridge's  Company,  Major 
Commandant  John  W.  Forbes'  Battalion,  New  York  State  Militia, 
September  2-December  3,  1814.  Served  in  the  defences  of  New 
York  Harbor. 


1894.    WARREN,  HENRY  JOSEPH,  23 

Stamford. 

Great-grandson  of  George  Bromley  Raymond  (1770-1832),  Mas- 
ter's Mate,  United  States  Navy,  March  i-September  24,  1813. 
Served  on  Frigate  "United  States,"  under  command  of  Captain 
Stephen  Decatur,  United  States  Navy. 

1893.    WESSELLS,  HENRY  WALTON,  8 

Litchfield. 

Representative  of  Chillion  Palmer,  in  United  States  service  as 
Private  in  Captain  Luther  Hadley's  Company,  Connecticut 
Militia,  August  2-September  16,  1813. 


145 

ELKCTED-  STATB  No. 

1898.     WHITNEY,  EU,  2g 

New  Haven. 

Grandson  of  James  Dalliba  (1785-1832),  Second  Lieutenant 
Artillery  Corps,  United  States  Army,  March  i,  1811.  First  Lieu- 
tenant of  same  March  3,  1813;  Captain  and  Deputy  Commis- 
sary of  Ordnance,  United  States  Army,  August  5,  1813 ;  Major 
and  Assistant  Commissary  General  of  Ordnance,  United  States 
Army,  February  9,  1815.  Surrendered  prisoner  of  war  at  Detroit, 
Michigan,  by  Brigadier  General  William  Hull,  United  States 
Army,  August  16,  1812,  and  released  September  17,  1813.  On 
ordnance  duty  1813-15.  Participated  in  the  battles  of  Browns- 
town,  August  9,  1812;  Fort  Erie,  August  15,  1814,  and  Lyon's 
Creek,  Canada,  October  19,  1814.  Captain  First  Artillery,  June 
I,  1821,  with  brevet  rank  of  Major  from  February  9,  1815.  Re- 
signed May  21,  1824. 


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IN  THE  STATE  OF  OHIO. 

"Not  that  we  love  our  mother  country  less,  but  our  own  great  and  noble  Republic  more.' 
Organized  January  8,  1895.  Admitted  to  General  Society  June  19,  1895. 


1908. 


President. 
ORLANDO  WESLEY  ALDRICH,  D.  C.  L.,  LL.  D. 

Vice-Presidents, 

Brigadier  General  ROELIFF  BRINKERHOFF,  U.  S.  Vols., 

Brigadier  General  THOMAS  McARTHUR  ANDERSON,  U.  S.  A.  (Retired), 

Brigadier  General  ANDREW  SHERIDAN  BURT,  U.  S.  A.  (Retired), 

Brigadier  General  BENJAMIN  RUSH  COWEN,  U.  S.  Vols. 

Secretary, 

DANIEL  HOSMER  GARD. 
477  Vermont  Place,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Treasurer, 
WORDSWORTH  GARD. 

Registrar, 
HARRY   PARKER  WARD. 

Historian, 
THOMAS  HERBERT  NORTON,  Ph.  D.,  Sc.  D. 

Executive  Committee, 

The  President,  the  Secretary,  the  Registrar  (ex-officio), 
GEORGE  MITCHELL  WRIGHT,  WILLIAM  WALLACE  NELSON. 

Delegates  to  the  General  Society, 

WALTER   NICHOLS   PAINE   DARROW, 

ORLANDO  WESLEY  ALDRICH,  CHARLES  THEODORE  GREVE, 

DANIEL  HOSMER  GARD,  WYMAN  KNEELAND  FLINT, 

THOMAS  TOWNSLEY  VAN   SWEARINGN. 

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ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.    ALDRICH,  ORLANDO  WESLEY,  PH.  D.,  LL.  D.,  D.  C.  L.,  16 

Wesley  Block,  Columbus. 

Grandson  of  Stephen  York  (1794-1868),  Private  in  Captain  J. 
P.  Spencer's  Company,  New  York  State  Militia.  Served  at  the 
battle  of  Fort  Erie,  Canada;  1814. 


1892.     ANDERSON,  THOMAS  McARTHUR,  LL.  D.,  Brigadier  General,  25 

United  States  Army  (Retired), 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Duncan  McArthur  (1772-1839),  Colonel,  First 
Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  Militia,  May  7,  1812,  and  Major  Gen- 
eral Ohio  Militia,  1813;  Colonel  Twenty-sixth  Regiment,  United 
States  Infantry,  February  20,  1813;  Brigadier  General  March  12, 
1813.  Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 


1895.     BRINKERHOFF,  ROEUFF,  Colonel  and  Brevet  Brigadier  2 

General,  United  States  Volunteers, 

Mansfield  Savings  Bank,  Mansfield. 

Son  of  George  R.  Brinkerhoff  (1785-1849),  commissioned  Quar- 
termaster of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  George  Flemming's 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  August  13,  1813. 

151 


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ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.     BURT,  ANDREW  SHERIDAN,  Brigadier  General,  27 

United  States  Army  (Retired), 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson  of  John  S.  Gano,  Major  General  Ohio  Militia. 
In  service  of  United  States,  and  placed  in  command  of  Ohio 
frontier  by  orders  of  Edmund  Pendleton  Gaines,  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral, Eighth  Military  District,-  October  16,  1813. 

1897.     COWEN,  BENJAMIN  RUSH,  35 

Clerk  of  United  States  Courts,  Cincinnati. 
Son  of  Benjamin  Sprague  Cowen  (1792-1869),  in  United  States 
service  as  Fourth  Corporal  in  Captain  Roger  Halliday's  Com- 
pany, One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  Regiment,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  John  Stewart,  New  York  State  Militia, 
September  10-25,  J8i4.  Participated  in  battle  of  Pittsburgh, 
September  n,  1814.  Discharged  at  Burlington,  Vermont. 

1895.  DARROW,  WALTER  NICHOLS  PAINE,  5 

St.  Augustine,  Florida. 

Grandson  of  Leveritt  Darrow  (1792-1863),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Luther  Hotchkiss'  Company,  Con- 
necticut Militia,  October  24-November  15,  1814.  Served  in  de- 
fense of  New  London. 

1896.  DICKEY,  JOHN  LINCOLN,  29 

South  Charlestown. 

Grandson  of  Martin  Peterson  (1795-1868),  in  United  States 
service  as  Sergeant  in  Captain  Kilgore's  Company,  Colonel  John 
McDonald's  Regiment,  Ohio  Militia,  July  28-September  5,  1813. 

1895.    FLINT,  WYMAN  KNEELAND,  22 

no  West  Water  Street,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Great-great-grandson  of  William  Gregg  (1787-1829),  in  United" 
States  service  as  Captain,  Second  Regiment,  New  Hampshire 
Detached  Militia,  sixty  days,  from  September  27,  1814. 
Great-grandson  of  Wait  Martin  (1785-1857),  Second  Lieuten- 
ant, Twenty-third  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  April  15,  1812. 
Resigned  November  I,  1812. 


153 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.    FRANKLIN,  ROBERT  SCOTT,  n 

County  Surveyor's  Office,  Chillicothe. 

Great-grandson  of  James  Strode  Swearingen  (1782-1864),  Cap- 
tain of  Artillery,  United  States  Army,  January  13,  1811 ;  Deputy 
Quartermaster  General,  Fourth  Military  District,  with  rank  of 
Major,  March  17,  1813;  Quartermaster  General,  Eighth  Military 
District,  with  rank  of  Colonel,  March  21,  1814.  Honorably  dis- 
charged June  15,  1815. 


GAITHER,  ALFRED,  M.  D.,  39 

"The  Groton,"  Cincinnati. 

Grandson  of  Henry  Gaither  (1790-1884),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Sergeant  in  Captain  Wilson's  Company,  New  Jersey  Militia, 
thirty-five  days.  Period  of  service  not  stated. 


1895.     GARD,  DANIEL  HOSMER,  3 

477  Vermont  Place,  Columbus. 

Grandson  of  Phineas  Dunsmoor  (1771-1823),  Captain  of  Cav- 
alry, New  Hampshire  Militia.  Served  in  defense  of  the  city  of 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  1814. 


GARD,  WORDSWORTH,  40 

Licking  County  Bank  and  Trust  Company,  Newark. 

Great-grandson  of  Phineas  Dunsmoor  (1771-1823),  Captain  of 

Cavalry,  New  Hampshire  Militia.    Served  in  defense  of  the  city 

of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  1814. 


1897.     GREVE,  CHARLES  THEODORE,  34 

243  Albion  Place,  Mount  Auburn,  Cincinnati. 
Great-grandson  of  John  Emery  (1771-1852),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  James  Patterson's  Company,  Colo- 
nel William  Key's  Regiment,  Ohio  Militia,  July  29-September  8, 
1813. 


154 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.    NELSON,  WIUJAM  WALLACE  17 

1097  Hunter  Avenue,  Columbus. 

Son  of  Benjamin  Nelson    (1785-1846),   Private  in    (Harrison 
County)  Ohio  Volunteers,  1813. 


1895.    NORTON,  THOMAS  HERBERT,  PH.  D.,  Sc.  D.,  18 

Clifton,  Cincinnati. 

Grandson  of  Jerediah  Horsford   (1791-1875).     Served  in  the 
garrison  defending  Burlington,  Vermont. 


1898.    RUNYAN,  FORREST  MITCHEU,,  36 

383  West  High  Street,  Springfield. 

Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Runyan  (1786-1854),  in  United  States 
service  as  Corporal  in  Captain  John  R.  Lemon's  Company,  Ohio 
Militia,  November  12-December  12,  1812,  "at  Zane's  Block 
House."  Also  Private  in  Captain  John  Wyatt's  Company,  First 
Kentucky  Mounted  Volunteers,  August  27-November  5,  1813. 


1895.    VAN  SWEARINGEN,  THOMAS  TOWNSLEY,  23 

289  East  State  Street,  Columbus. 

Grandson  of  James  Strode  Swearingen  (1782-1864),  Captain  of 
Artillery,  United  States  Army,  January  13,  1811 ;  Deputy  Quar- 
termaster General,  Fourth  Military  District,  with  rank  of  Major, 
March  17,  1813;  Quartermaster  General,  Eighth  Military  Dis- 
trict, with  rank  of  Colonel,  March  21,  1814.  Honorably  dis- 
charged June  15,  1815. 


1895.     WARD,  HARRY  PARKER,  6 

74-80  East  Gay  Street,  Columbus. 

Great-grandson  of  Martin  Dewey  Follett  (1765-1831),  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
Luther  Dixon's  Regiment,  Vermont  Detached  Militia,  Septem- 
ber 25-November  13,  1813;  at  Plattsburgh. 


155 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895.    WOLTZ,  JAMES  MITCHELL,  13 

410  Anne  Street,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 

Great-grandson  of  Robert  Hoddy  (1783-1871),  Adjutant  of  Col- 
onel William  Clark's  Regiment,  Ohio  Militia. 
Great-great-grandson  of  Richard  Hoddy,  in  United  States  service 
as  First  Sergeant  in  Ensign  William  Closson's  Company,  First 
Regiment  (Colonel  John  McDonald),  Third  Brigade,  Second 
Division,  Ohio  State  Militia,  July  28-August  16,  1813. 

1895.    WRIGHT,  GEORGE  MITCHELL,  24 

Akron. 

Grandson  of  Alpha  Wright  (1788-1856),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Sergeant  in  Captain  Rial  McArthur's  Company  of  Rifle- 
men, attached  to  the  odd  Battalion  of  the  Fourth  Brigade,  Fourth 
Division  of  Ohio  Militia,  August  22,  i8i2-February  22,  1813, 
and  from  April  27,  1813.  Commissioned  Ensign,  Ohio  Militia, 
April  18,  1814. 


DESCENDANT  MEMBERSHIP  .  .  20. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 


IN  THE 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS. 


Officers 

OF  THE 

SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS. 
Organized  September  19,  1895.  Incorporated  September  3,  1895. 


1908. 


President. 
WILLIAM  PORTER  ADAMS. 

Vice-Presidents, 

Hon.  CHARLES  PAGE  BRYAN, 

Brigadier  General  CAMILLO  CASATTI  CADMUS  CARR,  U.  S.  A., 
JAMES  EDGAR  BROWN. 

Secretary, 

FREDERICK  KENDALL  LAWRENCE. 
333  Postal  Telegraph  Building,  Chicago. 

'Treasurer, 
CHARLES  CROMWELL. 

Registrar, 
JAMES  EDWARD  SLOCUM. 

Historian, 
HENRY  CHARLES  ROBESON  AKIN. 

Librarian, 
JOHN  HENDERSON  GARNSEY. 

Executive  Committee, 
Consists  of  the  following  officers :    President,  Secretary,  Treasurer  and  Registrar. 

Delegates  to  the  General  Society, 

WILLIAM  PORTER  ADAMS,  CHARLES  CROMWELL, 

FREDERICK  KENDALL  LAWRENCE,  JAMES  EDWARD  SLOCUM. 

159 


Descendant  Members 


OF   THE 


ILLINOIS  SOCIETY. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1895     ADAMS,  WILLIAM  PORTER,  i 

155  West  Washington  Street,  Chicago. 

Grandson  of  Eliphalet  Davis  (1796-1879),  Private  in  "Volun- 
teers" engaged  in  throwing  up  breastworks  on  Dorchester  Heights 
for  the  defense  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  1814. 

1906.    AKIN,  HENRY  CHARLES  ROBESON,  44 

Orchard  Lake,  Michigan. 

Great-grandson  of  Thomas  Robeson  (1793-1870),  in  United 
States  service  as  Drummer  and  Fifer  in  Captain  Selden  Morgan's 
Company,  Twenty-seventh  (Major  Commandant  Rudolph  J. 
Shoemaker's)  Regiment,  New  York  Militia,  October  5-Novem- 
ber  18,  1814.  At  Sackett's  Harbor. 

1903.    ANDERSON,  CHARLES  HENRY,  42 

608  Equitable  Building,  Denver,  Col. 

Great-grandson  of  James  Anderson  (1790 ),  enlisted  Janu- 
ary 21,  1812,  for  five  years  in  Captain  Enos  Cutler's  Company, 
Seventh  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry,  September  22,  1812; 
transferred  to  Captain  Moses  Sweet's  Company,  United  States 
Artillery.  In  March,  1816,  transferred  to  Captain  James  T.  B. 
Romayne's  Company,  United  States  Artillery.  Honorably  dis- 
charged January  21,  1817. 

8538-11 

161 


162 

ELBCTKD.  STATB  No. 

1907.     BABCOCK,  WILLIAM  HENRY,  46 

6518  Minerva  Avenue,  Chicago. 

Great-grandson  of  Lodowick  Stanton  Babcock  (1767-1828),  in 
United  States  service  as  Captain  of  Company  of  Cavalry,  New 
York  Volunteers,  October  6,  i8i2-October  15,  1813. 

1897.     BASCOMBE,  WESTERN  RADEORD,  28 

ii  West  Twenty-fifth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  Stephen  Watts  Kearney  (1793-1848),  First  Lieu- 
tenant Thirteenth  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry  (Colonel 
Peter  Philip  Schuyler),  March  12,  1812;  Captain  same,  April  i, 
1813.  Taken  prisoner  at  battle  of  Queenston  Heights,  October 
13,  1812;  afterward  exchanged,  and  served  as  Captain  through 
the  war.  Subsequently  Major  General,  United  States  Army. 

1905.     BROWN,  JAMES  EDGAR,  43 

138  Washington  Street,  Chicago. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Byrne  Brown  (1793-1859),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  George  J.  Davison's  Com- 
pany, Virginia  Militia,  January  2O/-May  27,  1814;  at  Norfolk, 
Virginia. 

1899.     BURNETT,  WILLARD  ELMER,  35 

St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

Grandson  of  Charles  Gale  (1793-1869),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private  in  Captain  Stephen  King's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel Commandant  Worthy  L.  Churchill's  Regiment,  New  York 
Volunteers,  December  20,  i8i3~January  5,  1814.  Also  in  Cap- 
tain Daniel  Buel's  Company,  First  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant John  Harris')  Regiment,  New  York  Militia,  January 
26-April  15,  1814. 

1891.    BRYAN,  HON.  CHARLES  PAGE,  3 

United  States  Minister  to  Portugal,  Lisbon. 
Great-grandson  of  William  Bryan,  in  United  States  service  as 
Lieutenant  in  Captain  Joseph  Mallory's  Company,  Colonel  Armi- 
stead's  Regiment,  Virginia  Militia,  March  25-August,  1813. 


163 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.     CABLE,  HENRY,  8 

Bethany,  Missouri. 

Representative  of  John  Cadle   ( 1822),    Surgeon's    Mate, 

United  States  Navy,  July  24,  1813;  Surgeon,  March  27,  1818. 


1891.     CARR,  CAMILLO  CASATTI  CADMUS,  Brigadier  General,  10 

United  States  Army,  St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Koontz,  Colonel  Thirty-first  Regiment 

of  Infantry,  Brigadier  General  Robert  Taylor's  Brigade,  Virginia 

Militia;  1813-1814. 


1894.    CROMWELL,  CHARLES,  2 

200  Adams  Street,  Chicago. 

Grandson  of  Nathan  Cromwell  ( 1837),  Adjutant  of  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  John  Regan's  Regiment ;  also  Adju- 
tant First  (Stiner's)  Regiment,  Eleventh  Brigade,  Brigadier 
General  Tobias  E.  Stansbury,  Maryland  Militia;  July  2i-No- 
vember  9,  1814. 


1894.     FARRINGTON,  CHARLES  LINCOLN,  7 

East  Peoria,  Tazewell  County. 

Grandson  of  Elijah  Farrington  (1781-1861),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Samuel  L.  Van  Voorhees'  Com- 
pany, Sixty-first  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Barnabas  Carver,  September  6-October 
5,  1814. 


1902.     GARNSEY,  JOHN  HENDERSON,  41 

Barber  Building,  Joliet. 

Great-grandson  of  Daniel  C.  Henderson  (1784-1840),  Adjutant 
of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Christopher  P.  Bellinger's 
Twenty-seventh  Regiment,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  Septem- 
ber, October  and  November  1814;  at  Sackett's  Harbor. 


164 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1901.    HARRISON,  CARTER  HENRY,  34 

295  Schiller  Street,  Chicago. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Russell  (1758-1825),  Colonel  Seventh 

Infantry,  United  States  Army,  May  3,   1808.  Honorably  dis- 
charged June  15,  1815. 


1902.    HENRY,  WILLIAM.  Louis,  36 

542  Jos  Campau  Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Grandson  of  Stephen  Chambers  Henry,  M.  D.  (1786-1834),  Pri- 
vate in  Captain  Richard  Smyth's  Company  of  Major  James  With- 
erell's  Detachment  of  Michigan  Volunteer  Cavalry.  Enlisted 
April  21,  1812,  for  twelve  months;  was  detached  as  Surgeon  by 
order  of  Brigadier  General  Hull,  and  surrendered  prisoner  of  war 
at  Detroit,  August  16,  1812. 


1895.    JARVES,  DOMING,  19 

5  Front  Street,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Son  of  Deming  Jarves  (1790-1868),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private  in  Captain  George  Sullivan's  (Boston)  Company  of  Ar- 
tillery, "New  England  Guards,"  Massachusetts  Militia,  June  13- 
23,  1814.  Served  under  command  of  Captain  William  Bain- 
bridge,  United  States  Navy,  at  Charlestown  Navy  Yard. 


1907.    JORDAN,  CHARLES  PHILANDER,  45 

Rosebud,  South  Dakota. 

Grandson  of  John  Jordan  (1780-1832),  in  United  States  service 
as  private  in  Captain  Samuel  Caldwell's  Company,  Colonel  George 
Adams'  Regiment,  Ohio  Militia,  August  23-September  12,  1812. 


165 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.    JORDAN,  SCOTT,  5 

3040  Kenmore  Avenue,  Chicago. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Jordan  (1780-1832),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Samuel  Caldwell's  Company,  Colo- 
nel George  Adams'  Regiment,  Ohio  Militia,  August  23-Septem- 
ber  12,  1812. 


1901.    LAWRENCE,  FREDERICK  KENDALL,  39 

333  Postal  Telegraph  Building,  Chicago. 

Great-grandson  of  Johnson  Kendall  (1778-1851),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  Reuben  Gray's  Company, 
New  York  State  Militia,  September  8,  i8i2-November  2,  1812. 


1896.    LOCKHART,  JACOB  TRUMBUU,,  22 

Spokane,  Washington. 

Son  of  Thomas  Lockhart  (1793-1885),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private  in  Captain  Joel  Haskin's  Company,  Ohio  Volunteer 
Militia,  seventy  days,  from  January  31,  1815. 

1899.     McCoRD,  JAMES  HAMILTON,  31 

St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Field  ( 1836) ,  Captain  Eighth  Regi- 
ment, Fourth  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  John  H.  Cocke,  Vir- 
ginia Militia;  1812-14. 


1895.     McCoRMiCK,  HON.  ROBERT  LAIRD,  9 

421  North  Yakima  Avenue,  Tacoma,  Washington. 
Great-grandson  of  Hugh  White  (1737-1822),  Colonel  of  Lycom- 
ing  County  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia;  1812. 


166 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.    REID,  WiLUAM  MAGRAW,  40 

100  East  Thirty-sixth  Street,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Grandson  of  John  Charles  Reid  ( 1861),  served  in  Captain 

Dunnington's  Company  of  Virginia  Militia. 

1899.    RIGGS,  MANFRED  MOSES,  33 

116  South  Sixth  Street,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Son  of  Moses  Riggs  (1795-1886),  Corporal  in  Captain  Jeremiah 
Fisher's  Company,  First  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia;  1814. 

1896.     SLOCUM,  JAMES  EDWARD,  23 

1 08  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago. 

Great-grandson  of  Johnson  Kendall  (1778-1851),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Reuben  Gray's  Company,  New 
York  State  Militia,  September  8— November  2,  1812. 

1901.    WYETH,  HUSTON,  37 

St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Great-grandson  of  Presley  Morris,  in  United  States  service  as 
Quartermaster,  First  Regiment,  Ohio  Mounted  Militia,  Septem- 
ber i4-October  14,  1812.  Also  Brigade  Major,  Third  Brigade, 
Ohio  Militia,  July  28-September  5,  1813. 


DESCENDANT  MEMBERSHIP  ;  .  26. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 


IN  THE 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 


Officers 


OF  THE 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 

IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA, 

From  its  Organization,  April  18,  1896. 


Presidents, 
MAJOR  GENERAL  ADOLPHUS  WASHINGTON 

GREELY,  U.  S.  A.,  April  18, 1896,  to  Feb.   18,1898. 

MARCUS  BENJAMIN,  PH.  D.,  Feb.   18, 1898,  to  Feb.   18, 1908. 

HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB,  Feb.   18, 1908, 

First  V ice-Presidents, 
REARADMiRALFRANCisAsBURYRoE,U.S.N.,  April  18, 1896,  to  Dec.  28, 1901. 

MR.  THOMAS  HARRISON,  Feb.   18, 1902, 

Second  Vice-Presidents, 


MARCUS  BENJAMIN,  PH.  D.,  April  18, 1896,  to  Feb.   18, 

LIEUTENANT  COMMANDER  THEODORUS  BAILEY 

MYERS  MASON,  U.  S.  N.,  Feb.  18, 1898,  to  Oct.  16, 1899. 
CAPTAIN  THOMAS  GERRY  TOWNSEND,  U.S.A.,  Feb.  18, 1900,  to  Feb.  18, 1902. 
ALONZO  HOWARD  CLARK,  Feb.  18, 1902,  to  Feb.  18,1907. 
HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB,  Feb.  18, 1907,  to  Feb.  18,1908. 
DEBENNEVILLE  RANDOLPH  KEIM,  Feb.  18,1908, 

Secretaries, 

HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB,  April  18, 1896,  to  Feb.  18, 1907. 
THOMAS  GERRY  TOWNSEND,  Feb.  18,1907, 

Treasurers, 

JOHN  ELERETH  WATKINS,  April  1 8, 1896,  to  Feb.  18,1902. 
CAPTAIN  THOMAS  GERRY  TOWNSEND,  U.S.A.,  Feb.  18, 1902,  to  May  12, 1902. 
JAMES  MALCOLM  HENRY,  Feb.  18,1903, 

Registrars, 

FRANK  BIRGE  SMITH,  April  18, 1896,  to  April  24, 1897. 
HARRY  WESTON  VAN  DYKE,  April  24, 1897,  to  Feb.  18, 1904. 
FRANK  BIRGE  SMITH,  Feb.  1 8, 1904,  to  Dec.  21,1904. 
GILBERT  THOMPSON,  Feb.  18, 1905, 

169 


Officers 

OF  THE 

SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 

IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 
Organized  April  18,  1896.  Admitted  to  General  Society,  June  19,  1896. 


1908. 


President. 
HENRY  RANDALL  WEBB, 

First  Vice-President, 
THOMAS  HARRISON. 

Second  Vice-President, 
DE  BENNEVILLE   RANDOLPH   KEIM. 

Treasurer, 
JAMES  MALCOLM  HENRY. 

Secretary, 

THOMAS  GERRY  TOWNSEND. 
"The  Benedict,"  Washington,  D.  C. 

Registrar, 
GILBERT  THOMPSON. 

Executive  Committee, 

Henry  Randall  Webb,  Thomas  Gerry  Townsend  (ex-officio), 
MARCUS  BENJAMIN,  WILLIAM  MARBURY  BEALL. 

Delegates  to  the  General  Society, 
DE  BENNEVILLE  R.  KEIM,  JAMES  MALCOLM  HENRY, 

CAPTAIN  MERVYN  CHANDOS  BUCKEY,  U.  S.  A. 

COMMODORE  RICHARD  GRAHAM  DAVENPORT,  U.  S.  N. 

ALFRED  FRANCIS  HOPKINS,  M.  D. 

171 


Descendant  Members 

OF  THE 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA  SOCIETY. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1908.    ABERT,  WIUJAM  STONE,  54 

408  Fifth  Street. 

Grandson  of  John  James  Abert  (1788-1863),  Cadet  at  Military 
Academy,  West  Point,  January  18,  i8o8-April  i,  1811,  when  he 
graduated,  but  declined  appointment ;  Brevet  Major,  Topograph- 
ical Engineers,  November  22,  1814;  honorably  discharged  June 
15,  1815;  reinstated  May  2,  1816;  Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Topographical  Engineers,  November  22,  1824,  for  ten  years'  faith- 
ful service  in  one  grade ;  Colonel,  Topographical  Engineers,  July 
7,  1838;  retired  September  9,  1861. 


1902.    ANDERSON,  JAMES  BEYTHE,  36 

Lexington,  Kentucky. 

Grandson  of  Oliver  Anderson  (1794-1873),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  Gray's  Company  of  Infantry,  Fifth 
Regiment,  Kentucky  Volunteer  Militia,  from  August  15,  1812,  to 
February  15,  1813.  Was  wounded  at  Frenchtown,  on  the  River 
Raisin,  January  18-22,  1813. 

Grandson  of  James  Blythe  (1794-1873),  in  United  States  service 
as  Fourth  Sergeant  in  Captain  John  C.  McWilliams'  Company, 
Eleventh  Kentucky  Mounted  Volunteer  Militia,  from  April  25 
to  November  8,  1813. 

173 


174 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1900.     ASH  MEAD,  WILLIAM  HARRIS,  29 

1807  Belmont  Avenue. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Graham  (1776-1852),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  John  Robinson's  Company,  Fifth 
Battalion,  First  Brigade,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  Major  Com- 
mandant William  McFarland,  September  5,  i8i4-March  5, 
1815. 


1904.     BEALL,  WiivWAM  MARBURY,  43 

1670  Thirty-first  Street. 

Great-grandson  of  Lloyd  Beall  (1755-1817),  Captain  Second 
Artillerists  and  Engineers,  February  16,  1801  ;  Captain  Artil- 
lerists, April  i,  1802;  Brevet  Major,  July  10,  1812;  transferred 
to  Artillery  Corps,  May  12,  1812,  to  rank  as  Major  from  April 
21,  1814;  honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815;  Military  Store- 
keeper, June  20,  1815. 

1896.     BENJAMIN,  MARCUS,  PH.  D.,  Sc.  D.,  10 

!7°3  Q  Street. 

Great-grandson  of  Ezra  Hough  (1784-1854),  Sergeant  in  Cap- 
tain McMahan's  Company,  New  York  Militia;  1814. 

1906.     BLUE,  RUPERT,  M.  D.,  Surgeon,  Public  Health  and  Marine  49 

Service,  Bureau  of  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  John  Blue  (1776-1831),  in  United  States  service 
as  Captain  of  Tenth  Company,  "Cameron's  Detachment,"  Fourth 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Alfred  Rowland)  Regiment, 
Brigadier  General  Thomas  Davis'  Brigade,  Major  General 
Thomas  Brown's  Division,  North  Carolina  Volunteers,  July  29, 
i8i3~January  29,  1814.  Stationed  at  Deepwater  Point,  near 
Fort  Johnston,  North  Carolina. 


175 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1906.     BLUE,  VICTORI,  Lieutenant  Commander,  United  States  Navy,  48 

Navy  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  John  Blue  (1776-1831),  in  United  States  service 
as  Captain  of  Tenth  Company,  "Cameron  Detachment,"  Fourth 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Alfred  Rowland)  Regiment, 
Brigadier  General  Thomas  Davis'  Brigade,  Major  General 
Thomas  Brown's  Division,  North  Carolina  Volunteers,  July  29, 
1813- January  29,  1814.  Stationed  at  Deepwater  Point,  near 
Fort  Johnston,  North  Carolina. 


1907.    BRADFORD,  JOHN,  53 

Verndale,  Minnesota. 

Son  of  John  Bradford  (1790-1852),  Lieutenant,  First  Baltimore 
Volunteer  Artillery  (Captain  R.  B.  Magruder),  First  Regiment 
Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris, 
Maryland  Militia,  August  19-November  30,  1814.  At  battle 
of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

Grandson  of  George  Armistead  (1779-1818),  Ensign  Seventh 
Infantry,  United  States  Army,  January  14,  1799;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, March  3,  1799;  First  Lieutenant,  May  14,  1800 ;  honor- 
ably discharged,  June  15,  1800;  Lieutenant  Second  Artillery  and 
Engineers,  February  16,  1801 ;  transferred  to  Artillerists,  April 
i,  1802;  Captain,  November  I,  1806;  Major,  Third  Artillery, 
May  3,  1813;  transferred  to  Corps  of  Artillery,  May  12,  1814; 
Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel,  September  12,  1814,  for  gallant  con- 
duct in  the  defense  of  Fort  McHenry.  Died  in  service  April  25, 
1818. 


1905.    BROOKES,  GEORGE  DESHIELD,  47 

1405  F  Street. 

Son  of  John  Brookes  (1787-1858),  Captain  Thirty-eighth  United 
States  Infantry,  Colonel  Peter  Little,  May  20,  1813.  Honorably 
discharged  June  15,  1815. 


176 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.     BUCKEY,  MSRVYN  CHANDOS,  Captain  Artillery  Corps,  33 

United  States  Army, 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Packett  (1793-1820),  Midshipman 
United  States  Navy,  January  16,  1809;  Lieutenant,  July  24,  1813 ; 
served  on  board  United  States  Frigate  "Constitution"  during  the 
action  with  and  capture  of  British  Frigate  "Java,"  December  29, 
1812.  Presented  with  a  silver  medal  by  United  States  Congress 
and  with  a  sword  by  the  State  of  Virginia  for  "intrepidity  and 
valor"  in  that  action.  He  was  also  Commander  of  the  Schooner 
"Ariel,"  four  (4)  guns,  at  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie,  under  Com- 
modore Oliver  Hazard  Perry. 


1903.    BUCKEY,  THOMAS  WIUJAM,  37 

Bond  Building. 

Grandson  of  James  Hite  (1765-1853),  in  United  States  service 
as  Major,  First  Regiment  (Taylor's)  Virginia  Militia,  August 
25-November  24,  1814;  also  Major,  Fifty-seventh  (Colonel 
George  Minor's)  Regiment,  Virginia  Militia,  December  7-10, 
1814,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged. 


1904.     CLARK,  SAMUEL,  45 

217  La  Salle  street,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Grandson  of  David  Clark  (1794-1833),  in  United  States  service- 
as    Private    in    Captain    Michael    Davidson's    Company,    Sixth 
Mounted  Regiment  (Davenport's)  Kentucky  Volunteers,  August 
25,  1813,  to  November  8,  1813.    Participated  in  the  battle  of  the 
Thames,  October  5,  1813. 


177 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1901.    CRAIGER,  SHERMAN  MONTROSE,  30 

38  East  Forty-ninth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Great-grandson  of  Edward  Vanderslice  (1778-1835),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private  in  Captain  Jacob  Campbell's  Company, 
Sixty-fifth  (Colonel  Commandant  John  L.  Pearson)  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  2O-December  19,  1814. 


1897.     DAVENPORT,  RICHARD  GRAHAM,  Commodore,  United  States  20 

Navy  (Retired),  1331  Eighteenth  Street. 

Grandson  of  Isaiah  Davenport  (1780-1827),  Private  in  Captain 
James  Hunter's  Company,  First  Regiment,  Georgia  Militia,  Janu- 
ary 22-February  12,  1815. 

Grandson  of  George  Graham,  in  United  States  service  as  Captain, 
Fairfax  County  Company  of  Cavalry,  Second  Regiment,  Vir- 
ginia Militia,  August  24-October  4,  1814.  Was  present  at  battle 
of  Bladensburg,  August  29,  1814. 

Great-grandson  of  James  Watson,  in  United  States  service  as 
Private  in  Captain  Richard  S.  Briscoe's  Company  of  Cavalry, 
First  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  George  Magruder's) 
Regiment,  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  July  15-31,  1813. 


1906.     FiTz  PATRICK,  WILUAM  CLAUDE,  First  Lieutenant,  Signal  51 

Corps,  United  States  Army,  Fort  Bayard,  New  Mexico. 

Great-grandson  of  Rene  Fitz  Patrick   (1794-1867),  in  United 

States  service  as  Private,  Captain  John  Browning's  Company, 

Georgia  Militia,  August  23,  i8i3-March  10,  1814. 

8538-12 


178 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1903.    Fox,  HON.  WILLIAMS  CARI/TON,  38 

United  States  Minister  to  Ecuador,  Quito. 

Grandson  of  Augustus  Carlton  Fox  (1789-1848),  in  United 
States  service  as  Second  Lieutenant  of  Captain  Cyrenius  Chapin's 
Company  of  New  York  State  Militia,  July  I,  i8i2-November  14, 
1813.  On  account  of  his  knowledge  of  the  Indian  dialects  he  was 
detailed  to  command  the  Indian  scouts,  consisting  of  about  three 
hundred  men,  in  the  Fall  of  1813. 


1896.     GREELY,  ADOLPHUS  WASHINGTON,  Major  General,  United  i 

States  Army  (Retired),  1914  G  Street. 

Son  of  John  Balch  Greeley  (1802-1864),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private  in  Captain  John  Chickering's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Paul  Merrill's  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Detached  Militia, 
September  1-30,  1814,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Merrimac  River,  Fort 
Phillips,  Plum  Island,  Massachusetts. 

Grandson  of  Private  Samuel  Cobb  (1797-1859),  served  in  the 
battle  of  Lundy's  Lane,  July  25,  1814. 


1898.     HARRISON,  THOMAS,  24 

2723  N  Street. 

Son  of  Gustavus  Harrison  (1791-1848),  Captain  and  Assistant 
Deputy  Quartermaster,  United  States  Army,  August  25,  1814. 
Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 

Grandson  of  Colonel  George  Magruder,  First  Regiment,  District 
of  Columbia  Militia,  1813-1814.  Participated  in  the  battle  of 
Bladensburg,  August  24,  1814. 


179 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.     HENRY,  JAMES  MALCOLM,  9 

2021  I  Street. 

Grandson  of  John  A.  Kearney  (1790-1847),  Surgeon's  Mate, 
United  States  Navy,  March  3,  1809;  Surgeon,  July  24,  1813; 
served  on  Frigate  "Constitution,"  under  Commodore  Charles 
Stewart,  United  States  Navy;  received  the  thanks  of  Congress 
and  a  silver  medal  "in  testimony  of  the  high  sense  entertained  of 
his  good  conduct  and  services  in  the  capture  of  the  British  vessels 
of  war  'Cyane'  and  'Levant'  after  a  brave  and  skillful  combat, 
February  20,  1815." 


1896.     HENRY,  JOHN  WILLIAM,  n 

2137  R  Street. 

Grandson  of  John  A.  Kearney  (1790-1847),  Surgeon's  Mate, 
United  States  Navy,  March  3,  1809;  Surgeon,  July  24,  1813; 
served  on  United  States  Frigate  "Constitution,"  under  Com- 
modore Charles  Stewart,  United  States  Navy ;  received  the  thanks 
of  Congress  and  a  silver  medal  "in  testimony  of  the  high  sense 
entertained  of  his  good  conduct  and  services  in  the  capture  of  the 
British  vessels  of  war  'Cyane'  and  "Levant'  after  a  brave  and 
skillful  combat,  February  20,  1815." 


1905.     HENRY,  REGINALD  BUCHANAN,  46 

Charlottesville,  Virginia. 

Grandnephew  of  James  Buchanan  (1791-1868)  (subsequently 
President  of  the  United  States),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private,  Captain  William  Young's  Company  of  Infantry,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  John  Findlay's  Battalion  of  Pennsylvania  Vol- 
unteers, August  27,  i8i4,-September  17,  1814.  Marched  to 
the  relief  of  Baltimore. 


180 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1906.    HOPKINS,  ALFRED  FRANCIS,  M.  D.,  50 

1730  I  Street. 

Great-grandson  of  Alfred  Johnson,  Jr.  (1789-1852),  Captain, 
Belfast  (Maine)  Artillery  Company,  First  Regiment  Artillery, 
First  Brigade,  Tenth  Division,  Massachusetts  Militia,  April  19, 
i8i3-September  21,  1814. 

Great-great-grandson  of  Alfred  Johnson  (1766-1837),  commis- 
sioned Chaplain,  November  I,  1806,  Second  Regiment,  Lieuten- 
ant Colonel  Commandant  Jacob  Ulmer,  First  Brigade,  Tenth 
Division,  Massachusetts  Militia.  Stationed  at  Belfast,  Septem- 
ber 2-21,  1814. 


1902.      HUFFMASTER,  JAMES  TAYI£>R,  3! 

Galveston,  Texas. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Huffmaster  (1782-1874),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private  in  Captain  J.  Lockmiller's  Company  of  Ten- 
nessee Militia  (Allison's),  January  10  to  April  26,  1814.  Took 
part  in  campaign  against  Creek  Indians,  under  General  Andrew 
Jackson,  and  fought  in  the  battle  of  Horseshoe  Bend,  Alabama, 
March  27,  1814. 


1898.    JOHNSON,  JOSEPH  TABER,  M.  D.,  27 

924  Farragut  Square. 

Grandson  of  Jeremiah  Johnson  (1763-1847),  Private  in  Captain 
Merrill  Marston's  Company,  Twenty-first  Regiment,  United 
States  Infantry;  January,  i8i3-October,  1814. 


181 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.     KEIM,  DE  BENNEVILLE  RANDOLPH,  22 

Reading,  Pa. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Beverly  Randolph  (1792-1867),  Second 
Lieutenant,  United  States  Light  Artillery,  January  3,  1812,  and 
Aide-de-Camp  to  Major  General  Morgan  Lewis  and  Brigadier 
General  Leonard  Covington,  1812;  First  Lieutenant,  United 
States  Artillery  Corps,  January  20,  1813;  Captain,  Twentieth 
Regiment,  United  States  Infantry,  April  5,  1813  (Colonel  Thomas 
M.  Randolph).  Resigned,  February  6,  1815.  Volunteered  and 
led  advance  which  stormed  and  carried  Queenston  Heights, 
Canada,  October  13,  1812. 

1908.     LEONARI,  CLIFFORD  UTLEY,  First  Lieutenant,  Nineteenth  56 

Infantry,  United  States  Army, 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Great-grandson  of  Lewis  Leonari  (1800-1843),  Coxswain, 
United  States  Navy,  June  13,  :8i4-May  13,  1815.  Served  on 
United  States  Frigate  President. 

1904.     NEEDHAM,  CHARLES  WILLIS,  39 

President  George  Washington  University. 

Grandson  of  Calvin  Needham  (1790-1873),  Private  in  Captain 
Salmon  Foster's  Company  of  Vermont  Volunteers,  September 
9,  1814.  Participated  in  battle  of  Plattsburgh,  September  n, 
1814. 

1908.    PHEBUS,  JOSEPH  SCOTT,  55 

National  Military  Home,  Leavenworth,  Kansas. 
Son  of  John  Phebus  (1774-1854),  in  United  States  service  as 
Ensign,  Captain  Adam  Berry's  Company,  Ohio  Militia,  April  1 1- 
May  12,  1814. 


182 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.    ROE,  FAYETTE  WASHINGTON,  Captain  United  States  23 

Army,  Retired,  Fort  Orange,  Florida. 

Grandson  of  Isaac  Roe  (1788-1858),  in  United  States  service  as 
Third  Sergeant,  Captain  James  Butterworth's  Company,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Michael  Smith's  Consolidated  Regiment,  New 
York  State  Militia,  September  lO-December  12,  1814. 

1897.     SAXTON,  HENRY  DEARBORN,  17 

615  Nineteenth  Street. 

Grandson  of  Ethan  Allen  Clary  (1776-1849),  First  Lieutenant, 
Fortieth  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry,  March  n,  1814- 
June  15,  1815. 

1907.     SCHERCK,  HENRY  JOSEPH,  M.  D.,  Chief  Dispensary  Physician,          52 

Health  Department,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Great-grandson  of  Alexander  Marks  (1788-1858),  in  United 
States  service  as  Sergeant  in  Captain  Joseph  Rogers'  Company, 
and  in  Captain  William  Jones  Myddleton's  Company,  Third  (Rut- 
ledge's)  Regiment  Infantry,  South  Carolina  Troops,  June  27- 
September  15,  1812. 

1904.     SOMERVEU,,  WILUAM  HowE,  44 

918  F  Street. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Scrivener  (1781-1849),  Lieutenant  in 
Captain  Thomas  F.  Simmons'  Detachment  of  the  Second  Regi- 
ment, Maryland  Militia,  at  various  times  from  April,  1813,  to 
August,  1814.  He  also  commanded  a  detachment  of  the  same 
regiment,  known  as  "Lieutenant  John  Scrivener's  Detachment." 

1901.    THOMPSON,  GILBERT,  32 

United  States  Geological  Survey. 

Grandson  of  Judson  Gilbert  (1782-1866),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Mattross,  or  Private,  in  Captain  Timothy  Page's  Company 
of  Kendall's  Battalion  of  Massachusetts  Artillery,  September  20, 
i8i4-November  30,  1814. 


183 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.     TOWNSEND,  THOMAS  GERRY,  34 

The  Benedict. 

Great-grandson  of  David  S.  Townsend  (1790-1853),  First  Lieu- 
tenant, Ninth  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry,  July  6,  1812; 
Captain  same  regiment,  May  13,  1813.  Severely  wounded  at  bat- 
tle of  Chrysler's  Farm,  Canada,  November  n,  1813.  Major  and 
Assistant  Adjutant  General,  July  27,  1814.  Honorably  dis- 
charged June  15,  1815.  Paymaster,  Battalion  Corps  Artillery, 
April  27,  1816.  Retained  as  Major  and*Paymaster,  June  I,  1821. 


1896.    VAN  DYKE;,  HARRY  WESTON,  16 

Union  Trust  Building. 

Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Edson  (1780-1831),  Major  of  Ver- 
mont Volunteers;  battle  of  Plattsburgh,  September,  1814. 

1896.     WEBB,  HENRY  RANDALL,  3 

727  Nineteenth  Street. 

Grandson  of  Henry  Knapp  Randall  (1793-1877),  Midshipman, 
United  States  Navy,  June  18,  1812.  Served  on  United  States 
Frigate  "United  States."  Resigned  1815. 

1902.     WEBB,  JOHN  SIDNEY,  35 

1619  Massachusetts  Avenue. 

Grandson  of  Henry  Knapp  Randall  (1793-1877),  Midshipman, 
United  States  Navy,  June  18,  1812.  Served  on  United  States 
Frigate  "United  States."  Resigned  1815. 

1904.     WILLIAMS,  ARTHUR,  Major,  United  States  Army,  40 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  George  Michael  Sanno  (1778-1865),  in  United 
States  service  as  Ensign  in  Captain  George  Hendel's  Company 
of  Volunteers,  Fifth  Detachment,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  August 
26,  1814,  Colonel  James  Fenton.  In  service  at  Buffalo,  New 
York. 

DESCENDANT  MEMBERSHIP  38 


THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  SECOND  WAR  WITH 
GREAT.  BRITAIN 


IN  THE 


STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 


Officers 

OF  THE 

SOCIETY  OF  THE 
SECOND  WAR  WITH  GREAT  BRITAIN 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

From  its  Organization,  July  2,  1896. 


Presidents, 


HENRY  KETCHUM  AVERILL, 
HON.  GEORGE  COMSTOCK  BAKER, 
FRANK  WARNER  THOMAS, 
JAMES  WILLIAM  Cox, 


SYLVESTER  BARTON  MILLER, 
NATHAN  HENRY  JONES, 
HENRY  HARMON  NOBLE, 

NATHAN  HENRY  JONES, 
ALBERT  MARSHALL  WARREN, 
JAMES  WILLIAM  Cox, 
JOHN  DAVID  WHISH, 


Secretaries, 


Treasurers, 


Registrars, 


HENRY  HARMON  NOBLE,, 
ELIJAH  WARRINER  MURPHEY, 
LEARNED  HAND, 
FRANK  WARNER  THOMAS, 
EDWARD  MADISON  CAMERON, 

Historians, 

BREVET  BRIGADIER  GENERAL  GEORGE  FRED- 
ERICK NICHOLS, 
HENRY  KETCHUM  AVERILL, 
JOSEPH  HOLLAND, 
GEORGE  LEVI  BROWN, 
HARRY  VINCENT  RADFORD, 

187 


July    3, 1896,  to  April  20, 1901 . 
April  20, 1901,  to  Sept.  n,  1904. 
Sept.  n,  1904,  to  Sept.  n,  1906, 
Sept.  n,  1906, 

July  3, 1896,  to  Sept.  n,  1897. 
Sept.  n,  1897,  to  April  20, 1901. 
April  20, 1901, 

July  3, 1896,  to  Sept.  1 1, 1897. 
Sept.  n,  1897,  to  April  20, 1901. 
April  20, 1 90 1,  to  Sept.  n,  1906. 
Sept.  ii,  1906, 

July  3, 1896,  to  April  20, 1901 . 
April  20, 1901,  to  Sept.  n,  1901. 
Sept.  n,  1901,  to  Sept.  n,  1903. 
Sept.  n,  1903,  to  Sept.  n,  1904. 
Sept.  1 1, 1904, 


July  3, 1896,  to  April  20, 1901. 
April  20, 1901,  to  Sept.  n,  1905. 
Sept.  n,  1905,  to  Sept.  n,  1906. 
Sept.  n,  1906,  to  Sept.  n,  1907. 
Sept.  n,  1907, 


Officers 

OF  THE 

SOCIETY  OF  THE 
SECOND  WAR  WITH  GREAT  BRITAIN 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 

Organized  July  3,  1896.  Incorporated  July  6,  1896. 

Admitted  to  the  General  Society  February  12,  1897. 


1908. 


President. 
JAMES  WILLIAM  COX, 

Vice-Presidents, 

CLINTON  BRADFORD  HERRICK,  M.  D., 
CLINTON  JAMES  METCALFE, 

CHARLES  BOUCHER, 
Colonel  FRANK  JUDSON  HESS. 

Secretary, 

HENRY  HARMON  NOBLE, 
Essex,   New   York. 

Treasurer, 
JOHN  DAVID  WHISH. 

Registrar, 
EDWARD  MADISON  CAMERON. 

Historian, 
HARRY  VINCENT  RADFORD. 

Additional  Directors, 
Hon.  WILLIAM  PIERSON  JUDSON,      Hon.  CHARLES  M.  BISSELL. 

Executive  Committee,  The  President,  First  Vice  President,  Secretary,  Treasurer,  and 

Registrar,   ex   officio. 

189 


Descendant  Members 


OF   THE 


NEW  YORK  SOCIETY. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1904.    AINSWORTH,  HON.  DANFORTH  EMMIT,  69 

48  Dove  Street,  Albany. 

Grandson  of  Danforth  Ainsworth  (1778-1823),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Orin  Durkee's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Edward  Fifield's  Second  Regiment,  Vermont  Detached 
Militia,  September  12-December  8,  1812,  and  in  Captain  Enos 
Walker's  Company,  same  regiment,  December  8.  i8i2-March  17, 
1813. 


1902.    AvERiUv,  CHARLES  SIDLE,  44 

The  Yates,  Syracuse. 

Grandson  of  Stephen  Noble  Averill  (1783-1874),  in  United 
States  service  as  Sergeant,  Captain  Gilead  Sperry's  Troop, 
Seventh  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Edmond  Fitzgerald's) 
Regiment,  Light  Dragoons,  New  York  State  Militia  Cavalry,  Oc- 
tober 29-November  5,  1813,  and  July  3O-August  4,  1814. 

191 


192 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.    *AvERiu,,  HENRY  KETCHUM,  l 

1479  Columbia  Road,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Son  of  Henry  Ketchum  Averill  (1798-1881),  served  in  New 
York  State  Militia,  1812;  in  United  States  service  as  Private, 
Captain  Ebenezer  Mix's  Company,  Thirty-sixth  (Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Thomas  Miller's)  Regiment,  New  York 
State  Militia,  July  29-August  5,  1813;  Murray's  Raid,  Platts- 
burgh ;  and  in  Captain  Martin  James  Aiken's  Volunteer  Company 
of  Independent  Riflemen,  under  the  immediate  command  of 
Major  General  Alexander  Macomb,  United  States  Army,  Sep- 
tember 1-13,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Honored  by  Joint 
Resolution  of  Congress,  approved  May  20,  1826,  for  "gallantry 
and  patriotic  services  during  the  siege"  and  presented  with  a  rifle. 
Nephew  and  representative  of  Zephaniah  Pitt  Platt  (1794- 
1862),  in  United  States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Gilead  Sper- 
ry's  Troop,  Third  Squadron,  Seventh  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Edmund  Fitzgerald's)  Regiment,  Light  Dragoons,  New 
York  State  Militia  Cavalry,  October  29-November  4,  1813,  and 
September,  1814,  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Wounded  during  the 
Siege  while  carrying  dispatches. 
*Incorporator. 


1896.     BAKER,  LAURANCE  CLARK,  Captain  and  Assistant  Quarter-  19 

master,  United  States  Volunteers, 

Comstock,  Washington  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Peter  Comstock  (1796-1874),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Abraham  Ostrander's  Com- 
pany, One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  (Lieutenant  Colonel  John 
Stewart's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  September  10-25, 
1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 


193 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1907.     BELL,  OLA  WALTER,  Captain  and  Quartermaster,  United  76 

States  Army,  Jefferson  Barracks,  Missouri. 

Great-great-grandson  of  John  Jacob  Snell  (1773-1851),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Frederick  Getman's  Company, 
Eleventh  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Calvin 
Rich,  Fourth  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  Richard  Dodge, 
First  Division,  Major  General  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  New 
York  Detached  Militia,  August  24,  i8i2-February  24,  1813,  on 
the  Niagara  Frontier,  and  as  Private,  Captain  Benjamin  Ell- 
wood,  Junior's  Company,  Nineteenth  Regiment,  New  York 
Militia,  Major  Commandant  Frederick  Getman,  September  7- 
October  29,  1814;  at  Sackett's  Harbor. 


1904.     BISSELL,  HON.  CHARLES  M.,  70 

433  State  Street,  Albany. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Bissell  (1789-1850),  in  United  States  service 
as  Drummer  in  Captain  Edmond  Badger's  Company,  Sixth 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Stephen  Thorn's)  Regiment, 
New  York  State  Militia  Artillery,  August  n-November  30,  1812, 
on  the  Canadian  frontier ;  also  as  private,  Captain  Thomas  Peck's 
Company,  Colonel  Samuel  Blakeslee's  Regiment,  New  York 
Volunteers,  December  23,  i8i3~January  6,  1814,  and  as  Private, 
Captain  Daniel  St.  John's  Company,  Sixth  (Major  Commandant 
Levi  Cooley's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia  Artillery,  Sep- 
tember 7-October  22,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 

8538—13 


194 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1904.     BISSELI,,  THOMAS  TEED,  72 

433  State  Street,  Albany. 

Great-grandson  of  Daniel  Bissell  (1789-1850),  in  United  States 
service  as  Drummer  in  Captain  Edmond  Badger's  Company, 
Sixth  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Stephen  Thorn's)  Regi- 
ment, New  York  State  Militia  Artillery,  August  n-November 
30,  1812,  on  the  Canadian  frontier;  also  as  Private,  Captain 
Thomas  Peck's  Company,  Colonel  Samuel  Blakeslee's  Regiment, 
New  York  Volunteers,  December  23,  i8i3-January  6,  1814,  and 
as  Private,  Captain  Daniel  St.  John's  Company,  Sixth  (Major 
Commandant  Levi  Cooley's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia 
Artillery,  September  7-October  22,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 

1906.     BOTSFORD,  STEPHEN  JASON,  74 

Dundee,  Yates  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Freeman  (1786-1869),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Seth  Whitmore's  Company, 
Forty-second  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Samuel  Colt's) 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  June  20-30,  1813,  "to  guard 
the  provisions  and  stores  deposited  at  Sodus";  also  as  Private, 
Captain  Michael  Musselman's  Company,  Third  (Lieutenant  Col- 
onel Commandant  Avery  Smith's)  Regiment,  New  York  De- 
tached Militia,  March  2o-April  16,  1814. 

1897.     BOUCHER,  CHARLES,  26 

237  Central  Park,  West,  New  York. 

Great-grandnephew  of  Henry  Boucher,  in  United  States  service  as" 
Private,  Captain  Andrew  I.  McConnico's  Company,  and  Captain 
George  W.  Camp's  Company,  "Jum°r  Volunteers,"  Lieutenant 
Colonel  William  Sharp's  Regiment,  Virginia  Militia;  March  9- 
April  20,  1813. 


195 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1903.     BROWN,  FRIEND  ABNER,  61 

Elizabethtown,  Essex  County. 

Grandson  of  Levi  Brown  (1780-1840),  commissioned  Ensign, 
Captain  Luman  Wadhams'  Company,  Thirty-seventh  (Noble's) 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  February  n,  1811 ;  in  United 
States  service,  August  1-9,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh, 
and  as  Ensign  commanding  same  company,  September  2-15, 
1814,  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Pensioned  for  disability  incurred 
during  the  siege.  Subsequently  Captain. 


1903.    BROWN,  GEORGE  LEVI,  60 

Elizabethtown,  Essex  County. 

Grandson  of  Levi  Brown  (1780-1840),  commissioned  Ensign, 
Captain  Luman  Wadhams'  Company,  Thirty-seventh  (Noble's) 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  February  n,  1811 ;  in  United 
States  service,  August  1-9,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and 
as  Ensign  commanding  same  company,  September  2-15,  1814, 
Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Pensioned  for  disability  incurred  during 
the  siege.  Subsequently  Captain. 


1896.    BROWN,  WALTER  SCOTT,  15 

Saint  Huberts,  Essex  County. 

Grandson  of  Levi  Brown  (1780-1840),  commissioned  Ensign, 
Captain  Luman  Wadhams'  Company,  Thirty-seventh  (Noble's) 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  February  n,  1811 ;  in  United 
States  service,  August  1-9,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh, 
and  as  Ensign  commanding  same  company,  September  2-15,  1814, 
Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Pensioned  for  disability  incurred  during 
the  siege.  Subsequently  Captain. 


196 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.    BURROUGHS,  JAMES  DEFORRIS,  28 

Champlain,  Clinton  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Silas  Goodrich,  M.  D.  (1775-1868),  commis- 
sioned Surgeon,  Thirty-sixth  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
Thomas  Miller's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  February 
4,  1812;  in  United  States  service,  July  2O/-August  5,  1813,  Mur- 
ray's Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and  September,  1814,  Siege  of  Platts- 
burgh. 


1896.     CADY,  HIRAM  WAI, WORTH,  10 

Plattsburgh,  Clinton  County. 

Grandson  of  Benjamin  John  Mooers,  M.  D.  (1787-1869),  com- 
missioned Surgeon's  Mate,  Thirty-sixth  (Miller's)  Regiment, 
New  York  State  Militia,  February  4,  1812 ;  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Surgeon,  Eighth  (Miller's)  Regiment  (assigned  by  General 
Orders,  State  New  York),  New  York  Detached  Militia,  June  29, 
i8i2-January  6,  1813,  on  Canadian  frontier;  Surgeon's  Mate, 
Thirty-sixth  (Miller's)  Regiment,  July  29-August  4,  1813,  Mur- 
ray's Raid,  Plattsburgh;  also  in  Independent  Battalion  (Major 
John  Roberts  3d,  Commanding),  October  29-November  7, 
1813,  at  Camp  Platte,  and  in  Thirty-sixth  Regiment,  August  31- 
September  13,  1814,  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 


1901.     CAMERON,  EDWARD  MADISON,  39 

608  Central  Avenue,  Albany. 

Grandson  of  the  Hon.  James  Cameron  (1794-1858),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  James  McDonald's  Company, 
Twenty-third  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  William  Cook's) 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  September  9-20,  1814,  Siege 
of  Plattsburgh. 


197 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1904.     CAMERON,  HON.  FREDERICK  WARD,  69 

251  State  Street,  Albany. 

Grandson  of  the  Hon.  James  Cameron  (1794-1858),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  James  McDonald's  Company, 
Twenty-third  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  William  Cook's) 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  September  9-20,  1814,  Siege 
of  Plattsburgh. 


1906.     COLLINS,  EDWIN  BARNES,  75 

237  West  1 36th  Street,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Eben  Hall  Collins  (1780-1847),  in  United  States 
service  as  Second  Lieutenant  of  Lieutenant  Horace  Beach's  Com- 
pany of  Artillery,  Connecticut  Volunteers,  November  8,  1814- 
March  9,  1815. 


1901.     Cox,  FREDERICK  JOSEPH,  M.  D.,  40 

99  Washington  Avenue,  Albany. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Cox  (1792-1848),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  Ezra  Adams'  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Elijah  H.  Metcalf's  Regiment,  New  York  Detached 
Militia  Artillery,  September  14-November  n,  1813;  at  Sackett's 
Harbor. 

1896.     Cox,  JAMES  WILLIAM,  18 

Albany. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Cox  (1792-1848),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  Ezra  Adams'  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Elijah  H.  Metcalf's  Regiment,  New  York  Detached 
Militia  Artillery,  September  14-November  n,  1813;  at  Sackett's 
Harbor. 


198 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1901.  FAIRCHILD,  BENJAMIIS/  CLYDE,  38 

Willsborough,  Essex  County. 

Grandson  of  Benjamin  Smith  Fairchild  (1787-1855),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Jonathan  Lynde's  Company, 
"Essex  and  Willsborough  Associated  Volunteer  Exempts,"  at- 
tached to  the  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia, 
September  8-14,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 
Great-grandson  of  Michael  Morhous  (1787-1880),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  John  Richardson's  Company, 
Thirty-seventh  (Major  Commandant  Ransom  Noble's)  Regi- 
ment, New  York  State  Militia,  August  1-5,  1813,  Murray's  Raid, 
Plattsburgh,  and  in  Captain  Abraham  Aiken,  Junior's  Company, 
same  regiment,  September  2-14,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 

1902.  FRANCIS,  HON.  CHARLES  SPENCER,  American  Ambassador  to  47 

Austria-Hungary,  Vienna,  Troy. 

Great-grandson  of  William  Rogers  (1772-1868),  commissioned 
Major  Commandant,  Independent  Battalion,  New  York  State 
Militia,  February  29,  1812 ;  in  United  States  service,  June  20-26, 
1813 ;  battle  of  Pulteneyville,  New  York. 

1896.     *GRAVES,  HON.  HENRY  DUNCAN,  5 

Ausable  Forks,  Essex  County. 

Son  of  Jeremiah  Graves  (1792-1865),  in  United  States  service 
as  Sergeant  Major,  Eighth    (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
Thomas  Miller's)  Regiment,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  Au- 
gust i-December  I,  1812;  on  the  Canadian  frontier. 
*Incorporator. 

1904.    GRIFFITH,  WILLIAM  HERRICK,  65 

445  State  Street,  Albany. 

Great-grandson  of  Joshua  Griffith  (1765-1830),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Daniel  Root's  Company,  Seventeenth 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Thompson  Mead's)  Regiment, 
Sixth  Brigade,  (Brigadier  General  Daniel  Miller),  First  Division 
(Major  General  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer),  New  York  Detached 
Militia,  September  8-November  2,  1812 ;  on  the  Niagara  frontier. 


199 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.     HAND,  AUGUSTUS  NOBLE,  45 

49-51  Wall  Street,  New  York  City. 

Great-grandson  of  Captain  Samuel  Hand  (1769-1845),  com- 
manded two  companies  of  Volunteers  from  Shoreham,  Vermont, 
at  the  battle  of  Plattsburgh,  September  n,  1814. 
Great-grandson  of  Ransom  Noble  (1778-1863),  commissioned 
Ensign,  February  27,  1804;  Lieutenant,  April  6,  1807;  Cap- 
tain, June  8,  1808;  Second  Major,  February  n,  1811,  and 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  New 
York  State  Militia,  March  2,  1814;  in  United  States  service  as 
Second  Major,  Eighth  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Thomas  Miller's) 
Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  Micajah  Pettit, 
Second  Division,  Major  General  Benjamin  Mooers,  New  York 
Detached  Militia,  July  6-August  26,  1812;  assigned  by  General 
Orders,  State  New  York,  June  18,  1812,  Major  Commandant, 
Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  Fortie^.  Brigade,  Brigadier  General 
Daniel  Wright,  Third  Division,  Major  General  Benjamin 
Mooers,  August  1-5,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh;  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  May  13, 
1814;  repulse  of  the  British  Galleys,  mouth  of  the  Bouquet 
River,  and  September  1-8,  1814,  at  Plattsburgh;  subsequently — 
March  22,  1816 — Brigadier  General,  Fortieth  Brigade.  Resigned 
March  17,  1821. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Northrup  (1772-1839),  Private 
in  Captain  Nathaniel  North's  Troop  of  Cavalry  (Shoreham), 
Vermont  Volunteers,  at  the  battle  of  Plattsburgh,  September  n, 
1814. 

Great-grandson  of  the  Hon.  John  Gould  (1784-1860),  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp  to  Brigadier  General 
Daniel  Wright,  Fortieth  Brigade,  Third  Division,  New  York 
State  Militia,  July  3O-August  3,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Platts- 
burgh, and  September  1-15,  1814,  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 


200 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1903.     HASTINGS,  HON.  ARTHUR  CHAPIN,  53 

Niagara  Falls. 

Grandson  of  Timothy  Burr  (1770-1832),  Captain  and  Assistant 
Deputy  Quartermaster  General,  United  States  Army,  July  31, 
i8i3-January  7,  1814;  served  in  the  Ninth  United  States  Military 
District. 


1902.     HERRICK,  CLINTON  BRADFORD,  M.  D.,  43 

i  St.  Paul's  Place,  Troy. 

Great-grandson   of   Charles   Metcalf    (1780  ),    in    United 

States  service  as  Private,  in  Captain  William  Garrard's  Troop 
of  Kentucky  Volunteer  Light  Dragoons,  in  Lieutenant  Colonel 
James  V.  Ball's  Squadron,  United  States  Volunteers,  February  i- 
August  20,  1813. 


1897.     HESS,  COLONEL  FRANK  JUDSON,  29 

243  Plymouth  Avenue,  Rochester. 

Great-grandson  of  Denis  Hess  (1775-1854),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Ezra  Bracket's  Company,  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fifty-ninth  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Warren 
Hecox's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  October  27-Novem- 
ber  16,  1814. 


1901.     HOLLAND,  JOSEPH,  33 

40  Grace  Court,  Brooklyn. 

Grandson  of  Jonas  Holland  (1784-1839),  Captain,  Second  Regi- 
ment, United  States  Light  Dragoons  (Colonel  James  Burn),  July 
6,  i8i2-May  i,  1814. 


201 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.    *JONES,  NATHAN  HENRY,  7 

Poultney,  Vermont. 

Grandson  of  Nathan  Jones  (1764-1847),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  Captain  Jethro  Bonney's  Company  of  "Associated 
Exempts,"  Major  Commandant  Reuben  Sanford's  Battalion,  New 
York  State  Militia,  August  1-5,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Platts- 
burgh,  and  as  Private,  Captain  Shubill  Sumner's  Company  of 
Volunteers,  Sanford's  Battalion,  September  8-13,  1814,  Siege 
of  Plattsburgh. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Blish  (1780-1820),  commissioned  Cap- 
tain, New  York  State  Militia,  February  n,  1811;  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain  in  Major  Commandant  Reuben  San- 
ford's Battalion,  New  York  State  Militia,  August  1-6,  1813, 
Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and  in  Independent  Battalion,  New 
York  Detached  Militia  (Major  John  Roberts,  3d,  Command- 
ing), September  9-November  19,  1813,  at  Camp  Platte,  and  in 
Sanford's  Battalion,  September  2-14,  1814,  Siege  of  Plattsburgh ; 
subsequently  Major  and  Lieutenant  Colonel. 
*Incorporator. 


JUDSON,  HON.  WlI.UAM  PlERSON,  36 

Oswego. 

Grandson  of  Philo  Pierson  (1781-1822),  in  United  States  service 
as  First  Sergeant,  Lieutenant  William  Peters'  Troop,  New  York 
State  Militia  Cavalry,  September  io/-October  31,  1812,  and  De- 
cember 20,  i8i3~March  23,  1814,  on  the  Niagara  frontier;  com- 
missioned Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  William  Peters'  Troop, 
Twelfth  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia  Cavalry,  March  2, 
1814;  subsequently — March  27,  1819 — First  Lieutenant,  Six- 
teenth Cavalry. 


202 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1903.     LAMONT,  H.  MURRAY,  63 

in  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Orlando  Edgar  Warren  (1796-1871),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Nathaniel  Hinckley's  Com- 
pany, Thirty-seventh  (Noble's)  Regiment,  New  York  State 
Militia,  September  2-15,  1814;  Siege  of  Pittsburgh. 


1896.    *LARKIN,  ORREX  TOWN,  n 

Plattsburgh,  Clinton  County. 

Grandson  of  Elam  Larkin  (1792-1866),  in  United  States  service 
as  Drummer,  Captain  John  Baker's  Company,  Thirty-sixth  (Mil- 
ler's) Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  September  1-13,  1814; 
Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 
*Incorporator. 


1903.    MACARTHUR,  COLONEL  ARTHUR,  55 

Troy. 

Grandson  of  Charles  Gilderoy  MacArthur  (1781-1869),  in 
United  States  service  as  Sergeant,  Captain  Stephen  Pettis'  Com- 
pany, Fourth  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  William  Wil- 
liams') Regiment,  Vermont  Detached  Militia,  September  i- 
December  8,  1812,  and  as  Private,  Captain  Joseph  Sinclear's 
Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  George  Tyler's  Regiment,  Vermont 
Militia,  "at  the  invasion  of  Plattsburgh,  September  7  to  14, 
1814." 


203 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.  MACDONOUGH,  RODNEY  (Honorary-Hereditary  Membership),         49 

5  Bromfield  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Macdonough  (1783-1825),  Midshipman, 
United  States  Navy,  February  5,  1800;  Lieutenant,  February  6, 
1807 ;  ordered  to  command  of  naval  operations  on  Lake  Cham- 
plain,  September  12,  1812;  Master  Commandant,  July  24,  1813; 
commissioned  Captain,  November  30,  1814,  with  rank  from  Sep- 
tember n,  1814,  and  ordered  to  the  command  of  the  "Demolgos," 
or  "Fulton  the  First,"  the  first  steam  armed  vessel  of  the  United 
States  Navy.  Received  the  thanks  of  Congress  and  presented 
with  a  gold  medal  "for  the  decisive  and  splendid  victory  gained 
on  Lake  Champlain  on  the  eleventh  of  September,  in  the  year 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fourteen,  over  a  British  squadron 
of  superior  force."  Served  continuously  until  his  death  at  sea, 
November  10,  1825. 

Grandson  of  William  Greene  Hackstaff  (1795-1869),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Daniel  W.  Crocker's  Com- 
pany of  Horse  Artillery,  in  Major  Commandant  Daniel  E. 
Dunscomb's  Independent  Battalion  of  Governor's  Guards,  New 
York  State  Militia,  September  2-December  3,  1814.  At  the 
"West  Battery,"  New  York  City. 

1904.      METCALFlv,  CUNTON  JAMES,  66 

407  Broadway,  Troy. 

Great-grandson  of  Charles  Metcalf  (1780 ),  in  United  States 

service  as  Private,  Captain  William  Garrard's  Troop,  Kentucky 
Volunteer  Light  Dragoons,  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  James  V. 
Ball's  Squadron,  United  States  Volunteers,  February  i-August 
20,  1813. 

1903.  METCALFE,  REV.  JOHN  EUAS,  PH.  D.,  52 

1536  Third  Avenue,  Watervliet. 

Grandson  of  Charles  Metcalf  (1780  -  — ),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  William  Garrard's  Troop,  Kentucky 
Volunteer  Light  Dragoons,  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  James  V.  Ball's 
Squadron,  United  States  Volunteers,  February  i-August  20, 
1813. 


204 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1908.    MILLER,  REV.  ELMER  PLINY,  78 

Rector  St.  Luke's  Church,  Catskill. 

Great-grandson  of  Pliny  Miller,  Jr.  (1775-1860),  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain,  Ninth  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Peter  John  Vosburgh,  Third  Brigade,  Brigadier 
General  Mica j ah  Pettit,  Second  Division,  Major  General  Ben- 
jamin Mooers,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  September  8-No- 
vember  30,  1812;  stationed  at  French  Mills,  Plattsburgh,  and 
Champlain,  New  York. 

1897.     MURPHEY,  ELIJAH  WARRINER,  27 

340  State  Street,  Albany. 

Grandson  of  Elijah  Murphey  (1790-1832),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Musician,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  (Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  John  Stewart's)  Regiment,  New  York 
State  Militia,  September,  1814;  battle  of  Plattsburgh. 

1902.    NELLIS,  WILLIAM  JACOB,  M.  D.,  50 

210  State  Street,  Albany. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Peter  Nellis  (1793-1875),  in  United  States 
service  as  Corporal,  Captain  John  Shaver's  Company,  Nineteenth 
(Major  Commandant  Frederick  Getman's)  Regiment,  New  York 
State  Militia,  September  7-November  14,  1814.  At  Sackett's 
Harbor. 

1893.     *NICHOLS,  GEORGE  FREDERICK,  Colonel  and  Brevet  Brigadier  9 

General,  United  States  Volunteers, 

Plattsburgh,  Clinton  County. 

Son  of  John  Nichols  (1782-1861),  Private  in  Captain  Benjamin 
S.  Edgerton's  Company,  and  in  Captain  John  W.  Weeks'  Com- 
pany, Eleventh  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army ;  also 
Private  in  Captain  Malachi  Coming's  Company,  Sixth  Regiment 
Infantry,  United  States  Army.  Enlisted  March  22,  1813,  "for  the 
war."  Honorably  discharged  May  23,  1815. 
Also  grandson  of  Jonathan  Lynde  (1756-1828),  in  United  States 
service  as  Captain  of  the  "Essex  and  Willsborough  Associated 
Volunteer  Exempts,"  attached  to  the  Thirty-seventh  (Noble's) 
Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  September  7-14,  1814.  Siege 
of  Plattsburgh. 
*Incorporator. 


205 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.     *  NOELS,  HSNRY  HARMON  (Honorary  Life  Membership),  2 

Essex,  Essex  County. 

Grandson  of  Ransom  Noble  (1778-1863),  commissioned  Ensign, 
February  27,  1804;  Lieutenant,  April  6,  1807;  Captain,  June  8, 
1808;  Second  Major,  February  n,  1811,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant,  March  2,  1814,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  Fortieth 
Brigade,  Third  Division,  New  York  State  Militia.  In  United 
States  service  as  Second  Major,  Eighth  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Thomas  Miller's)  Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  Brigadier 
General  Micajah  Pettit,  Second  Division,  Major  General  Ben- 
jamin Mooers,  New  York  Detached  Militia  (assigned  by  Gen- 
eral Orders,  State  of  New  York,  June  18,  1812),  July  6-August 
26,  1812,  and  as  Major  Commandant,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment, 
Fortieth  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  Daniel  Wright,  Third  Di- 
vision, Major  General  Benjamin  Mooers,  New  York  State 
Militia,  August  1-5,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Pittsburgh;  and  as 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  May 
13,  1814,  repulse  of  the  British  galleys,  mouth  of  the  Bouquet 
River,  Willsborough,  Essex  County,  New  York,  and  September 
1-8,  1814,  at  Plattsburgh.  Subsequently — March  22,  1816 — Brig- 
adier General,  Fortieth  Brigade.  Resigned  March  17,  1821. 

Grandnephew    and    representative    of    Charles    McNeil    ( 

1812),  commissioned  Ensign,  February  n,  1811,  Lieutenant, 
February  4,  1812,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  New  York  State 
Militia.  In  United  States  service  on  the  Canadian  frontier  as 
Lieutenant,  Captain  John  Richardson's  Company,  Major  Ransom 
Noble's  and  Major  Guilford  Dudley  Young's  Battalion,  Eighth 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Thomas  Miller's)  Regiment, 
Third  Brigade,  Second  Division,  New  York  Detached  Militia, 
July  8-October  i,  1812;  Lieutenant  Commandant,  same  com- 
pany, October  i-November  30,  1812;  Lieutenant  Commandant, 
same  company,  Seventh  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  James 
Green's)  Regiment  (Seventh,  Eighth  and  Ninth  Regiments  con- 
solidated), December  i,  1812.  Died  in  United  States  service, 
December  10,  1812.  In  command  of  company  at  attack  on  and 
capture  of  St.  Regis  from  the  British,  October  22,  1812. 
*Incorporator. 


206 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1901.    PAYNE;,  CHARLES  ROCKWELL,  M.  D.,  41 

Westport,  Essex  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Joel  French  (1780-1868),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  William  Rolfe's  Company,  Thirty- 
seventh  (Noble's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  August 
1-6,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and  in  Captain  Jonathan 
Merriam,  Junior's  Company,  same  regiment,  September  2-14, 
1814.  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 

1896.     PAYNE,  HON.  DANIEI,  SAFFORD  FRENCH,  21 

Wadhams  Mills,  Essex  County. 

Grandson  of  Joel  French  (1780-1868),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  William  Rolfe's  Company,  Thirty-seventh 
(Noble's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  August  1-6,  1813, 
Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and  in  Captain  Jonathan  Merriam, 
Jr.'s  Company,  same  regiment,  September  2-14,  1814.  Siege  of 
Plattsburgh. 

1903.     POND,  ASHLEY,  58 

Penn  Yan,  Yates  County. 

Grandson  of  the  Hon.  Ashley  Pond  (1792-1827),  in  United 
States  service  as  Sergeant,  Captain  John  Richardson's  and  Lieu- 
tenant Charles  McNeil's  Company,  Eighth  (Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Thomas  Miller's)  Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  Briga- 
dier General  Micajah  Pettit,  Second  Division,  Major  General 
Benjamin  Mooers,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  July  8,  1812- 
January  13,  1813,  on  the  Canadian  frontier;  also  as  Sergeant, 
Captain  John  Calkins'  Company,  Thirty-seventh  (Major  Com- 
mandant Ransom  Noble's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia, 
August  1-4,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and  as  a  Volun- 
teer Matross  in  Captain  Russell  Walker's  Company,  Sixth  (Ma- 
jor Commandant  Levi  Cooley's)  Regiment,  New  York  State 
Militia  Artillery,  September  7-16,  1814.  Siege  of  Plattsburgh,  . 
Great-grandson  of  the  Hon.  Benjamin  Pond,  M.  C.  (1768- 
1814),  in  United  States  service  as  Volunteer  Matross  in  Captain 
Russell  Walker's  Company,  Sixth  (Major  Commandant  Levi 
Cooley's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia  Artillery,  Septem- 
ber 9-16,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Died  October  6,  1814,  of 
camp  fever  contracted  during  the  siege. 


207 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1903.    POND,  LEVI  SHELDON,  59 

Elizabethtown,  Essex  County. 

Grandson  of  the  Hon.  Ashley  Pond  (1792-1827),  in  United 
States  service  as  Sergeant,  Captain  John  Richardson's  and  Lieu- 
tenant Charles  McNeil's  Company,  Eighth  (Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Thomas  Miller's)  Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  Briga- 
dier General  Micajah  Pettit,  Second  Division,  Major  General 
Benjamin  Mooers,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  July  8,  1812- 
January  13,  1813,  on  the  Canadian  frontier;  also  as  Sergeant  in 
Captain  John  Calkins'  Company,  Thirty-seventh  (Major  Com- 
mandant Ransom  Noble's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia, 
August  1-4,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and  as  a  Volun- 
teer Matross  in  Captain  Russell  Walker's  Company,  Sixth  (Ma- 
jor Commandant  Levi  Cooley's)  Regiment,  New  York  State 
Militia  Artillery,  September  7-16,  1814.  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 
Great-grandson  of  the  Hon.  Benjamin  Pond,  M.  C.  (1768- 
1814),  in  United  States  service  as  a  Volunteer  Matross  in  Cap- 
tain Russell  Walker's  Company,  Sixth  (Major  Commandant  Levi 
Cooley's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia  Artillery,  Septem- 
ber 9-16,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Died  October  6,  1814,  of 
camp  fever  contracted  during  the  siege. 


1903.     PRINCE,  HON.  L.  BRADFORD,  LL.  D.,  62 

Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico. 

Son  of  William  Robert  Prince  (1795-1869),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Benjamin  Areson's  Company,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  John  A.  Ditmas'  Regiment  (Sixty- 
fourth  and  Ninety-third  Regiments  consolidated),  New  York 
State  Militia,  September  2-December  2,  1814. 


208 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1903.     RADFORD,  HARRY  VINCENT  (Life  Membership),  56 

North  Creek,  Essex  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Jeremiah  Smith  Radford  (1792-1854),  en- 
listed at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  "for  the  war,"  March  19,  1813, 
as  Corporal  in  the  Third  Regiment  of  Artillery,  United  States 
Army.  Honorably  discharged  at  Sackett's  Harbor,  New  York, 
May  27,  1815,  a  Sergeant  in  Captain  Rufus  Mclntyre's  Company, 
United  States  Corps  of  Artillery,  by  reason  of  "close  of  war." 


1904.      ROSBROOK,   AlvDEN   I  VAN,  71 

Northport. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Gotham  (1782-1840),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  William  Lamson's  Company  of  Rifle- 
men, Seventy-sixth  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  Lieuten- 
ant Colonel  Commandant  Gersham  Tuttle,  September  7-20, 
1812,  and  February  28-March  19,  1813;  and  as  Sergeant,  same 
company  and  regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Ama- 
riah  Tucker,  July  28-August  21,  1814.  "Station,  Sackett's  Har- 
bor." Subsequently  Lieutenant  Colonel. 


1903.     SHERMAN,  FRED  HENRY,  54 

Essex,  Essex  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Humphrey  Sherman  (1780-1861),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Levi  Trowbridge's  Company, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Henry  Bloom's  Regiment,  New 
York  Detached  Militia,  September  7-December  17,  1813,  at  Fort 
Niagara. 

Great-grandson  of  Joel  French  (1780-1868),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  William  Rolfe's  Company,  Thirty- 
seventh  (Noble's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  August 
1-6,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and  in  Captain  Jonathan 
Merriam,  Junior's  Company,  same  regiment,  September  2-14, 
1814.  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 


209 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1904.     SMITH,  EDWARD  LEVI,  73 

1231  West  Mount  Royal  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Great-grandson  of  Levi  Brown  (1780-1840),  commissioned  En- 
sign, Captain  Luman  Wadhams'  Company,  Thirty-seventh  (No- 
ble's) Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  February  n,  1811 ;  in 
United  States  service  as  an  Ensign,  August  1-9,  1813,  Murray's 
Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and  as  Ensign,  commanding  same  company, 
September  2-15,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Pensioned  for  dis- 
ability incurred  during  the  siege.  Subsequently  Captain. 
Great-grandson  of  Luther  Graves  (1792-1884),  in  United 
States  service  as  Fifer,  Captain  William  C.  Munson's  Company, 
and  Fife  Major  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  William  B.  Sumner's  Regi- 
ment, Vermont  Militia,  in  April,  1814,  at  Otter  Creek,  Vermont, 
in  defense  of  Commodore  Macdonough's  ships,  then  building  at 
Vergennes. 

1908.    SMITH,  L  BERTRAND,  77 

99  McDonough  Street,  Brooklyn. 

Grandson  of  Ambrose  Smith  (1794-1879),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Henry  Perlee's  Company,  First  Regi- 
ment, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Isaac  Belknap,  Junior, 
First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  Sep- 
tember lo-December  5,  1814;  in  the  defenses  of  New  York  City 
and  Harbor. 

1901.    THOMAS,  FRANK  WARNER,  35 

56  Fourth  Street,  Troy. 

Great-grandson  of  Andrew  Thomas  (1776-1857),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Joseph  Le  Baron's  Company, 
Third  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Caleb  Howard's)  Regiment,  First 
Brigade,  Fifth  Division,  Massachusetts  Militia,  September  21- 
October  12,  1814.  "At  Plymouth." 

Great-grandson  of  Joshua  Sprague  (1774-1856),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Martin  Fearing's  Company, 
Second  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  June  14-15,  1814.  "In 
defense  of  Cohasset." 

8538-14 


210 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.     WADHAMS,  ALBION  VARETTE,  Commodore,  United  States  25 

Navy   (Retired),  Wadhams,  Essex  County. 

Grandson  of  Luman  Wadhams  (1781-1832),  commissioned  Cap- 
tain, February  n,  1811;  Second  Major,  March  2,  1814,  Thirty- 
seventh  (Noble's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia;  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  July  31- 
August  9,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh;  and  in  Independent 
Battalion,  New  York  Detached  Militia  (Major  John  Roberts,  3d, 
Commanding),  September  8-November  18,  1813,  at  Camp  Platte, 
and  as  Second  Major,  Thirty- seventh  Regiment,  May  13,  1814, 
repulse  of  British  galleys  at  the  mouth  of  the  Bouquet  River, 
Willsborough,  Essex  County,  New  York,  and  September  2-13, 
1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Highly  commended  by  Major  Gen- 
eral Mooers,  in  General  Orders,  September  12,  1814,  and  in  his 
report  to  the  Commander-in-Chief,  September  12,  1814,  for  "gal- 
lantry and  good  conduct."  Subsequently — March  27,  1821 — 
Brigadier  General,  Fortieth  Brigade.  Resigned  May  19,  1824. 
Grandson  of  Samuel  Cole  (1780-1828),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  Captain  John  Richardson's  and  Lieutenant 
Charles  McNeil's  Company,  Eighth  (Miller's)  Regiment,  New 
York  Detached  Militia,  July  8-November  30,  1812,  on  the  Cana- 
dian frontier. 


1896.    WADHAMS,  FREDERICK  EUGENE,  17 

37  Tweddle  Building,  Albany. 

Grandson  of  Luman  Wadhams  (1781-1832),  commissioned  Cap- 
tain, February  n,  1811;  Second  Major,  March  2,  1814,  Thirty- 
seventh  (Noble's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia;  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  July  31- 
August  9,  1813,  Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh,  and  in  Independent 
Battalion  of  New  York  Detached  Militia  (Major  John  Roberts,. 
3d,  Commanding),  September  8-November  18,  1813,  at  Camp 
Platte,  and  as  Second  Major,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  May  13, 
1814,  repulse  of  British  galleys  at  the  mouth  of  the  Bouquet  River, 
and  September  2-13,  1814,  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Highly  com- 
mended by  Major  General  Mooers,  in  General  Orders,  September 


211 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

12,  1814,  and  in  his  report  to  the  Commander-in-Chief,  September 
16,1814,  for  "gallantry  and  good  conduct."  Subsequently — March 
17,  1821 — Brigadier  General,  Fortieth  Brigade.  Resigned  May 
19,  1824. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Cole  (1780-1828),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  Captain  John  Richardson's  and  Lieutenant 
Charles  McNeil's  Company,  Eighth  (Miller's)  Regiment,  New 
York  Detached  Militia,  July  8-November  30,  1812,  on  the  Cana- 
dian frontier. 

1896.    WEED,  HON.  GEORGE  STANDISH,  15 

Plattsburgh,  Clinton  County. 

Grandson  of  Matthew  Matthew  Standish  (1794-1866),  war- 
ranted Orderly  Sergeant,  March  24,  1813 ;  commissioned  Cornet, 
April  26,  1814,  in  Captain  Gilead  Sperry's  Troop,  Third  Squad- 
ron, Seventh  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Edmund  Fitz- 
gerald's) Regiment,  Light  Dragoons,  New  York  State  Militia 
Cavalry ;  in  United  States  service  as  Sergeant,  September  10-12, 
1813,  and  October  29-November  5,  1813,  and  as  Cornet,  August 
3i-September  13,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  The  records  show 
that  he  was  "in  active  service  in  said  war  not  less  than  one  year." 
Subsequently  Colonel. 

Grandson  of  Smith  Mead  (1787-1875),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  John  Baker's  Company,  Thirty-seventh 
(Miller's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  September  5-13, 
1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh.  Subsequently  Ensign. 
Great-great-grandson  of  John  Roberts  (1759-1841),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  David  Cochran's  Com- 
pany, Thirty-sixth  (Miller's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia, 
August  3i-September  13,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 

1904.     WHISH,  JOHN  DAVID,  67 

167  Lancaster  Street,  Albany. 

Grandson  of  David  Denham  Palmer  (1795-1885),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Thomas  Carson's  Company  of 
Light  Infantry,  Fifth  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Cadwal- 
lader  David  Colden's)  Regiment  Artillery  and  Infantry,  New 
York  State  Militia,  September  lO-December  9,  1814. 

DESCENDANT  MEMBERSHIP  56 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 


IN  THE 


STATE  OF  NEW  JERSEY. 


-    Officers 

OF  THE 

SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  JERSEY. 
Organized  February  25,  1898.  Admitted  to  General  Society  June  21,  1898. 


1908 


President. 
Rear  Admiral  JOHN  JOSEPH  READ,  U.  S.  N.   (Retired). 

Vice-President, 
OSCAR  HALSTEAD  CONDIT. 

Secretary, 

JOHN  LILLY, 
Lambertville,  New  Jersey. 

Treasurer, 
APPLETON  MORGAN. 

Registrar, 
WILLIAM  GRAY  SCHAUFFLER,  M.  D. 

Historian, 
GEORGE  HERBERT  RICHARDS,  M.  D. 

Chaplain, 
Rev.  NEWTON  WOODWORTH  CADWELL. 

Executive  Committee, 
The  officers  (ex-officio). 

Delegates  to  the  General  Society, 

GEORGE  HERBERT  RICHARDS,  M.  D.  OSCAR  HALSTEAD  CONDIT, 

EDWARD  PACKARD  HOLDEN,  ALBERT  SIDNEY  JONES. 

WILLIAM  GRAY  SCHAUFFLER,  M.  D. 

215 


Descendant  Members 


OF   THE 


NEW  JERSEY  SOCIETY. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1906.    ADAMS,  WASHINGTON  IRVING  LINCOLN,  38 

Llewellyn  Road,  Montclair. 

Great-grandson  of  Edward  A.  Briggs   ( 1813),  in  United 

States  service  as  Private,  Captain  William  Newton's  Company, 
Tenth  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  John  Prior, 
New  York  Detached  Militia,  August  24,  i8i2-February  18,  1813. 
At  Sackett's  Harbor. 


1898.     BARRI-XL,  JOSEPH  (Life  Membership),  9 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Wood  (1788-1834),  in  United  States 
service  as  Captain  of  Riflemen,  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Command- 
ant Jonathan  Varian's  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  Au- 
gust i8-September  18,  1814. 

1898.    BEXI,,  WIIAIAM  DUFFIE&D,  M.  D.,  3 

1 60  West  Eighty-third  Street,  New  York  City. 
Grandson  of  William  Duffield  Bell  (1793-1841),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  in  Captain  Christian  Andrews'  Company,  Fifth 
Regiment  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph 
Sterrett,  Maryland  Militia,  August  i9~October  26,  1814.  Par- 
ticipated in  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24,  and  North  Point 
and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

217 


218 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1906.     BLAIR,  IRVING  JAMES,  37 

Clinton  Place,  Hackensack. 

Great-grandson  of  Ezekiel  Blair  ( 1847),  m  United  States 

service  as  Private,  in  Captain  Thomas  A.  Ronald's  Company, 
Third  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia  Artillery,  September 
2-December  3,  1814. 

1908.    BOWERS,  WILLIAM,  40 

30  Hidden  Place,  East  Orange. 

Son  of  Henry  Bowers  (1778-1838),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private,  Captain  Abraham  Rinker's  Company,  "North  Hampton 
Volunteers,"  First  Regiment  Riflemen,  Colonel  Thomas 
Humphrey;  Advance  Light  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  Thomas 
Cadwalader,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  September  4-December 
8,  1814. 

1900.  BURBANK,  CHARLES  DECKER,  24 

92  Astor  Place,  Jersey  City. 

Son  of  Peter  Burbank  (1794-1873),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private,  in  Captain  Perine's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Jonas  Mapes'  Regiment,  First  Brigade,  Second  Division, 
New  York  Detached  Militia,  September  15-November  30,  1812. 

1901.  BURTON,  LE  GRAND  STIRLING,  31 

University  Club,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Stephen  Germain  (1785-1873),  Private  in  Captain 
Reuben  Gray's  Company,  New  York  Militia. 

1901.     BUSH-BROWN,  HENRY  KIRKE,  32 

Newburgh,  Orange  County,  New  York. 

Grandson  of  Hon.  James  Udall  (1779-1867),  Captain,  Vermont 
Militia,  December  i,  1812. 


219 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.    CADWELL,  REV.  NEWTON  WOODWORTH,  10 

311  Atlantic  Avenue,  Atlantic  City. 

Grandson  of  Oliver  Stone  (1796-1869),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  in  Captain  Ebenezer  Smith  Cadwell's  Company,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  Erastus  Cleveland's  Regiment,  New 
York  State  Militia,  September  2i-November  19,  1814,  in  defense 
of  Sackett's  Harbor. 


CONDIT,  OSCAR  HALSTEAD  (Life  Membership),  7 

86  South  Clinton  Street,  East  Orange. 

Great-grandson  of  Jotham  Condit  (1775-1862),  commissioned 
Ensign,  Fourth  Company,  First  Battalion,  Fifth  Regiment,  New 
Jersey  Militia,  April  3,  1809;  Lieutenant,  same  company  and 
regiment,  June  19,  1811 ;  in  United  States  service  as  Lieutenant, 
Captain  John  Baldwin's  Company,  First  (Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  John  Dodd's)  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Detached 
Militia,  September  i-December  7,  1814. 


1900.    CONOVER,  ARTHUR  VAN  DERVEER,  27 

Tompkinsville,  Staten  Island,  New  York. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Joseph  Read  (1771-1836),  in  United 
States  service  as  Major  Commandant,  Burlington  Battalion,  Brig- 
adier General  Ebenezer  Elmer's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  Detached 
Militia,  September  19-December  22,  1814.  Served  at  Billings- 
port,  New  Jersey,  in  the  defenses  of  Philadelphia. 


1908.    CRAWFORD,  HENRY  VICTOR,  41 

98  Elm  Street,  Montclair. 

Grandson  of  Moses  Crawford  (1776-1835),  in  United  States 
service  as  Major,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  James  War- 
ner's Regiment,  New  York  Detached  Militia  Cavalry,  September 
4-December  8,  1814,  in  the  defences  of  New  York  City  and 
Harbor. 


220 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.     DEN  MAN,  ABRAM  CROSS  (Life  Membership),  17 

21  James  Street,  Newark. 

Great-grandson  of  Jacob  B.  Halsey  (1766-1815),  Captain,  New 
Jersey  Militia. 

1898.  DEWEY,  GEORGE,  Admiral,  United  States  Navy  (Honorary  15 

Membership),  Navy  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Simeon  Dewey,  served  as  a  Volunteer  from  Mont- 
pelier,  Vermont,  at  the  invasion  of  Plattsburgh,  September,  1814. 

1902.    EDGE,  NELSON  JAMES  HARRISON,  33 

95  Wayne  Street,  Jersey  City. 

Son  of  Isaac  Edge,  2d  (1801-1859),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private,  Captain  Samuel  M.  Smith's  Company,  Third  Regi- 
ment (Independent  Jersey  Blues),  New  Jersey  Militia,  Lieuten- 
ant Colonel  Commandant  John  Frelinghuysen,  September  io/-De- 
cember  2,  1814. 

1900.    FISK,  CHARLES  WILLIAM,  25 

69  Prospect  Street,  East  Orange. 

Great-grandson  of  Cyrus  Ball   ( 1814),  in  United  States 

service  as  Private,  in  Captain  Luke  Carter's  Company  of  Rifle- 
men, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  John  Frelinghuysen's 
Regiment,  New  Jersey  Militia,  September  i-December  2,  1814. 
"Died  soon  after  his  discharge,  from  fever  contracted  while  in 
camp  at  Paulus  Hook." 

Great-grandson  of  John  Ten  Broeck    (1780 ),   in  United 

States  service  as  Ensign,  in  Captain  Christian  Kartells'  Company, 
Consolidated  Regiment  of  Artillery  and  Infantry,  New  York 
State  Militia,  September  i-November  25,  1812. 

1899.  HINDS,  ERNEST,  Captain,  Artillery  Corps,  21 

(Life  Membership),  War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  Byram  Hinds  (1792-1875),  in  the  United  States 
service  as  Second  Lieutenant,  in  Captain  Thomas  Eldredge's 
(Mounted)  Company,  Seventh  (Perkins')  Regiment,  Mississippi 
Militia,  November  8-December  9,  1813. 


221 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1901.     HOLDEN,  EDWARD  PACKARD,  28 

Madison,  Morris  County. 

Grandson  of  Horace  Holden  (1792-1862),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Third  Lieutenant,  Captain  Daniel  Kilburn's  Company  of 
Artillery  (Orange,  Essex  County),  attached  to  Second  Regiment 
of  Infantry,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  John  Seward,  September  i,  1814,  to  serve  until 
relieved ;  appointed  Major  and  Aide-de-Camp,  staff  of  Brigadier 
General  William  Colfax,  commanding  Brigade,  New  Jersey  De- 
tached Militia;  stationed  at  Paulus  Hook  (Jersey  City)  and 
Highlands,  near  Sandy  Hook,  New  Jersey.  Discharged  December 
5,  1814. 

1908.     HOLDEN,  EDWARD  PACKARD,  JR.,  39 

Madison,  Morris  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Horace  Holden  (1792-1862),  in  United 
States  service  as  Third  Lieutenant,  Captain  Daniel  Kilburn's 
Company  of  Artillery  (Orange,  Essex  County),  attached  to  Sec- 
ond Regiment  of  Infantry,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  John  Seward,  September  I,  1814, 
to  serve  until  relieved ;  appointed  Major  and  Aide-de-Camp,  staff 
of  Brigadier  General  William  Colfax,  commanding  Brigade,  New 
Jersey  Detached  Militia ;  stationed  at  Paulus  Hook  (Jersey  City) 
and  Highlands,  near  Sandy  Hook,  New  Jersey.  Discharged  De- 
cember 5,  1814. 

1908.     HOLDEN,  HORACE,  42 

Madison,  Morris  County. 

Great-grandson  of  Horace  Holden  (1792-1862),  in  United  States 
service  as  Third  Lieutenant,  Captain  David  Kilburn's  Company 
of  Artillery  (Orange,  Essex  County),  attached  to  Second  Regi- 
ment of  Infantry,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia,  Lieutenant  Col- 
onel Commandant  John  Seward,  September  i,  1814,  to  serve 
until  relieved;  appointed  Major  and  Aide-de-Camp,  staff  of  Brig- 
adier William  Colfax,  commanding  Brigade,  New  Jersey  De- 
tached Militia;  stationed  at  Paulus  Hook  (Jersey  City)  and 
Highlands,  near  Sandy  Hook,  New  Jersey.  Discharged  Decem- 
ber 5,  1814. 


222 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.     HUNT,  ADALBERT  BANCRCXFT,  PH.D.  (Life  Membership),  8 

36  Hawthorne  Avenue,  Glen  Ridge. 

Grandson  of  Abel  Moulton  (1792-1869),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  in  Captain  Peleg  Matteson's  Company,  One  Hundred 
and  Fifty-seventh  Regiment,  Major  Commandant  John  West- 
cott,  New  York  State  Militia,  October  8-November  16,  1814. 


1898.     JONES,  ALBERT  SIDNEY  (Life  Membership),  20 

299  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Great-grandson  of  Peter  La  Tourrette  (1776-1854),  in  United 
States  service  as  Major,  Colonel  Abraham's  Regiment,  New 
Jersey  Militia,  June  6-September  18,  1814. 


JONES,  WALTER  HASTINGS,  M.  D.,  12 

The  Ansonia,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  Ephriam  Carter,  Jr.  (1772-1850),  First  Lieutenant, 
in  Captain  Joseph  Tenny's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Edwards'  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  September 
n-October  30,  1814. 


1904.     LILLY,  JOHN,  23 

Lambertville. 

Grandson  of  William  Lilly  (1786-1854),  in  United  States  service 
as  Quartermaster,  Seventh  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia 
Artillery,  October  2O-December  22,  1813. 

/ 

1898.     MORGAN,  APPLETON,  LL. D.,  (Life  Membership),  i 

Westfield,  Union  County. 

Grandson  of  James  Appleton  (1785-1862),  in  United  States 
service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant,  Second  Regiment, 
First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Massachusetts  Militia;  commis- 
sioned July  3,  1813;  commanded  in  actions  at  Sandy  Bay, 
September  8,  1814,  Gloucester,  September  19,  1814,  and  Gal- 
lop's Folly,  Massachusetts,  October,  1814. 


223 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.     PARKHURST,  CHARTS  DYER,  Major,  Artillery  Corps,  United  18 

States  Army  (Life  Membership), 

War  Department,  Washington,  B.C. 

Grandson  of  Christopher  Tanner   (1794-1824),  Private,  Rhode 
Island  Militia,   1812-14. 


1901.     PENDERGAST,  JAMES  LYNCH,  29 

32  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City. 

Grandson  of  James  Lynch  (1784-1871),  Purser's  Steward,  on 
board  the  "Macedonian"  and  ".Mohawk,"  United  States  Navy, 
March  i,  1813,  to  April  14,  1815. 


1898.     READ,  JOHN  JOSEPH,  Rear  Admiral,  United  States  Navy  4 

(Retired)   (Life  Membership),  Mount  Holly. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  J.  Read  (1771-1836),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Major  Commandant,  Burlington  Battalion,  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral Ebenezer  Elmer's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia, 
September  19-December  22,  1814.  Served  at  Billingsport,  New 
Jersey,  in  the  defenses  of  Philadelphia. 


1900.    RICHARDS,  GEORGE  HERBERT,  M.  D.,  26 

n  Cleveland  Street,  Orange. 

Grandson  of  Cyrus  George  Richards  (1794-1857),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  in  Captain  Joseph  Bruen's  Company 
of  Infantry  (Essex  County),  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
John  Dodd's  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia,  Septem- 
ber i-December  2,  1814;  at  Sandy  Hook. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Kays  (1791-1849),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Vancleve  Moore's  Company  of  In- 
fantry (Sussex  County),  Second  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Detached 
Militia,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  John  Seward,  Briga- 
dier General  William  Col  fax's  Brigade,  September  6-December 
5,  1814;  at  Paulus  Hook. 


224 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.     SCHAUFELER,  WILLIAM  GRAY,  M.D.,  (Life  Memgership),  19 

Lakewood. 

Great-grandson  of  Samuel  Reynolds  (1762-1845),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  Captain  Samuel  Dresser's  (New  Lon- 
don) Company,  Connecticut  Militia,  June  2i-July  15,  1813. 


SKINNER,  HENRY  WHIPPLE  (Life  Membership),  16 

360  Jefferson  Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Grandson    of    John    Whipple     (1764-1835),   Major   Michigan 
Militia,  1812. 


1905.     SNYDER,  CHARLES  EDWARD,  35 

Lakewood. 

Great-grandson  of  James  Knickerbocker  (1791-1849),  in  United 
States  service  as  Corporal,  Captain  Elias  Worden's  Company 
of  Artillery,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Cadwalader  David 
Colden's  Fifth  Regiment  Artillery  and  Infantry,  New  York 
Militia,  September  8-December  7,  1814. 

1899.    WHITNEY,  EUGENE  WALCOTT,  M.  D.,  22 

424  Atlas  Block,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Grandson  of  Preserved  Pierce  (1798-1887),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Palmer's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Collins'  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia, 
October  2o-November  8,  1814. 


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SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 


IN  THE 


STATE  OF  DELAWARE. 


8538-15 


Officers 

OF  THE 

SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  18.12 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  DELAWARE. 
Organized  January  14,  1902.  Admitted  to  General  Society  June  20,  1902. 


1908 


President. 
JAMES  GRIFFITH  LONGFELLOW. 

Vice-President, 
FRED  HOLMES  MEGAW. 

Secretary-Treasurer, 

DAVID  BRAINARD  FERRIS,  JR. 

603  W.  Eighth  Street,  Wilmington,  Delaware. 

Registrar, 
WELLINGTON  GEROWE  SIMMONS. 

Historian, 
WILLIAM  THOMAS  PARVIS. 

Executive  Committee, 

/AMES  GRIFFITH  LONGFELLOW,       FRED  HOLMES  MEGAW. 
EDWARD  PORTER  STAGEY. 

Delegates  to  the  General  Society, 
EDWARD  PORTER  STAGEY,  JAMES  GRIFFITH  LONGFELLOW, 

227 


Descendant  Members 


OF  THE 


DELAWARE  SOCIETY. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.     BEATTY,  FRANK  EDMUND,  Commander,  United  States  Navy,  n 

Navy  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Grandson  of  James  Beatty  (1778-1833),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  in  Captain  Thomas  S.  Jack's  Company,  Second  Regi- 
ment Colonel  Robert  Patterson,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  October 
2,  i8i2-April  2,  1813;  also  as  Corporal,  Captain  Andrew  Mehaf- 
fie's  Company,  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-seventh  (Colonel  David 
Nelson's)  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  January  I,  1814.  Date 
of  discharge  not  stated. 


1902.     BEATTY,  JOHN  WOOD,  16 

Wilmington. 

Grandson  of  James  Beatty  (1778-1833),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  in  Captain  Thomas  S.  Jack's  Company,  Second  Regi- 
ment, Colonel  Robert  Patterson,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  October 
2,  i8i2-April  2,  1813;  also  as  Corporal,  Captain  Andrew  Mehaf- 
fie's  Company,  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-seventh  (Colonel  David 
Nelson's)  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  January  i,  1814.  Date 
of  discharge  not  stated. 

229 


230 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.    CHAMBERS,  GEORGE  BROWN,  20 

Clayton. 

Grandson  of  Perdue  Chambers  (1782-1862),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  in  Captain  John  Elliott's  Company,  Thirty- 
eighth  (Wright's)  Regiment,  Maryland  Militia,  eight  days  from 
April  30,  1813. 

1902.    EUJOTT,  JOHN  STADDEN,  14 

Clayton. 

Grandson  of  John  Stadden  (1791-1874),  Private,  Captain  John 
Guston's  Company,  Pennsylvania  Militia. 


IOX)2.          lJJS,         lI,I,IAM,  19 

Delmar. 

Great-grandson  of  Jonathan  Waller  (1783-1842),  in  United 
States  service  as  Captain  of  a  "Company  of  Delaware  Troops" 
fifteen  days.  Participated  in  the  defense  of  Lew^s,  Delaware,  at 
the  bombardment  by  the  British,  April  6-7,  1813. 

1902.    FERRIS,  DAVID  BRAINARD,  JR.,  18 

903  Van  Buren  Street,  Wilmington. 

Grandson  of  Jacob  Ferris  (1784-1858),  Quartermaster  Sergeant, 
Second  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia. 

1902.    LONGFELIXDW,  JAMES  GRIFFITH,  i 

Claymont. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Parvis  (1774-1837),  Volunteer  in  the  de- 
fense of  Lewes,  Delaware,  at  the  bombardment  by  the  British, 
April  6  and  7,  1813,  in  the  Ninth  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia, 
Colonel  Lewis  Harshaw. 

1902.    MEGAW,  FRED  HOLMES,  5 

Claymont. 

Grandson  of  Isaac  Ford  (1789-1864),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  in  Captain  Victor  Dupont's  Company,  Delaware  Vol- 
unteers, August  31,  i8i4-January  3,  1815. 


231 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1902.    PARVIS,  WIUJAM  THOMAS,  9 

Milford. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Parvis  (1774-1837),  Volunteer  in  the  de- 
fense of  Lewes,  Delaware,  at  the  bombardment  by  the  British, 
April  6  and  7,  1813,  as  Private,  in  the  Ninth  Regiment,  Delaware 
Militia,  Colonel  Lewis  Harshaw. 

1902.    SIMMONS,  WELLINGTON  GEROWE,  8 

Wyoming. 

Grandson  of  Noble  Simmons,  Private,  Captain  John  H.  Gregory's 
Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Putnam  Farrington's 
Regiment,  New  York  Militia. 

1902.    STAGEY,  EDWARD  PORTER,  a 

Dover. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Sewell  Stacey  (1787-1856),  commissioned 
March  30,  1812,  Lieutenant,  Third  Regiment,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  William  Frost,  First  Brigade,  Sixth  Division,  Mas- 
sachusetts Militia.  Honorably  discharged  August  28,  1815. 


DESCENDANT  MEMBERSHIP  .  .  11 


NECROLOGY  OF  THE  GENERAL  SOCIETY 


OF  THE 


WAR  OF  1812. 


OCTOBER  1,  1899,  TO  JUNE  1,  1908. 


PENNSYLVANIA. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.    ADAMS,  HON.  ROBERT,  JR.,  141 

Died  June  I,  1906. 

Grandson  of  William  H  Hart  ( 1877),  Private,  First  Troop, 

Philadelphia  City  Cavalry  (Captain  Charles  Ross),  attached  to 
the  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers  (Briga- 
dier General  Thomas  Cadwalader),  August  27-December  20, 
1814. 

1892.    APPLETON,  DANIEL  FULLER,  122 

Died  February  5,  1904. 

Son  of  James  Appleton  (1786-1862),  commissioned  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant,  Second  Regiment,  First  Brigade,  Second 
Division,  Massachusetts  Militia,  July  3,  1813;  in  service  and  pay 
of  United  States,  1814;  commanded  in  actions  at  Sandy  Bay, 
September  18,  1814,  Gloucester,  September  9,  1814,  and  Gallop's 
Folly,  Massachusetts,  October,  1814. 

1892.     BACKUS,  REVEREND  BRADY  ELECTUS,  D.  D.,  172 

Died  August  2,  1901. 

Grandson  of  Electus  Mallory  Backus  (1765-1813),  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  First  Regiment,  United  States  Light  Dragoons,  Febru- 
ary 15,  1809.  Mortally  wounded  in  action  at  Sackett's  Harbor, 
May  29,  1813. 

235 


236 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.     BELLAS,  HENRY  HOBART,  Captain,  United  States  Army,  30 

Died  July  2,  1906. 

Grandson  of  William  Rudolph  Smith  (1787-1868),  in  United 
States  service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Thirty-third  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  March  3i-June  n,  1814. 
Great-grandson  of  Joseph  Anthony  (1762-1814),  Captain,  Third 
Company  of  "Washington  Guards,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers, 
1813-14.  Died  in  service,  August  5,  1814. 

Grandnephew  of  Thomas  Anthony  (1791-1832),  in  United 
States  service  as  Third  Lieutenant  of  Captain  Condy  Raguet's 
Company  of  "Washington  Guards,"  Fourth  Detachment  of  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer  Militia,  Colonel  Lewis  Rush,  May  13-June 
18,  1813. 


1893.     BOUGHTER,  FRANCIS,  Lieutenant  Commander,  United  States  200 

Navy,  Died  July  17,  1905. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Reichart  (1772-1851),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Fourth  Company,  Captain  Peter  Nungesser, 
Junior,  Second  Regiment,  Volunteer  Light  Infantry  (Colonel 
Louis  Bache),  First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Pennsylvania 
Militia,  August  29— November  29,  1814. 

Grandnephew  of  John  Berry  (1789-1834),  in  United  States 
service  as  Ensign,  in  Captain  Thomas  McElhenny's  Company, 
Second  Regiment  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Adam  Ritscher),  First 
Brigade,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  3,  i8i4-March  3,  1815. 


1891.     BRISTOL,  HENRY  BREVOORT,  Captain  and  Brevet  Lieutenant  66 

Colonel,  United  States  Army,  Died  May  10,  1904. 

Grandson  of  Henry  B.  Brevoort,  Captain,  Third  Regiment  In- 
fantry, United  States  Army,  May  i,  1811;  Major,  Forty-fifth 
Infantry,  April  15,  1814.  Distinguished  in  battle  of  Maguaga 
(Brownstown),  Michigan,  August  9,  1812.  Received  medal  from 
Congress  for  gallantry  in  Commodore  Perry's  victory  on  Lake 
Erie,  September  10,  1813.  Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 


237 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.     BROOKE,  BENJAMIN,  Captain  and  Assistant  Surgeon,  United  65 

States  Army,  Died  October  18,  1900. 

Grandson  of  Jesse  Brooke,  Private,  Pennsylvania  Militia. 

1891.     BROOKE,  JOHN,  Major  and  Surgeon,  United  States  Army.  64 

Died  May  12,  1902. 
Son  of  Jesse  Brooke,  Private,  Pennsylvania  Militia. 

1891.     BURDETT,  CHARLES  LEWIS,  92 

Died  February  22,  1902. 

Grandson  of  Lewis  Prescott  ( 1834),  United  States  Navy; 

served  on  United  States  Frigate  "Constitution,"  under  command 
of  Captains  Isaac  Hull  and  William  Bainbridge,  United  States 
Navy,  1812,  and  on  United  States  Brig  "Enterprise,"  Lieutenant 
William  Burrows,  United  States  Navy,  1813. 

1896.    CHAMBERS,  WALTER  LEE,  357 

Died  September  25,  1901. 

Grandson  of  Ralph  Chambers  (1787-1857),  enlisted  at  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania,  April  8,  1813,  as  Private,  in  Captain  William 
Smith's  Company,  Sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States  Army ; 
transferred  to  Captain  Alexander  Ramsay  Thompson's  Company, 
Second  Infantry.  Honorably  discharged  April  7,  1818.  Private 
in  Captain  William  Gates'  Company,  United  States  Artillery,  to 
which  he  had  been  transferred.  Participated  with  his  regiment 
in  the  battles  of  Stony  Creek,  June  6,  1813,  Chateaugay,  October 
26,  1813,  French  Creek,  November  1-2,  1813,  and  Chippewa,  Oc- 
tober 15,  1814. 

1900.     CLARKSON,  JOHN  VAN  BOSKERCK,  412 

Died  July  n,  1905. 

Grandson  of  John  Van  Boskerck  (1790-1855),  in  United  States 
service  as  Orderly  Sergeant,  Captain  Frederick  Muzzy's  Com- 
pany, Second  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Jasper  Ward's) 
Regiment,  New  York  Detached  Militia,  September  2-December  3, 
1814. 


238 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.    COLEMAN,  RIGHT  REVEREND  LEIGHTON,  LL.  D.,  S.  T.  D.,  372 

Bishop  of  Delaware.  Died  December  14,  1907. 

Grandson  of  John  Coleman,  in  United  States  service  as  Private, 
in  Captain  Samuel  Sterrett's  "Independent  Company,"  Fifth 
Regiment  Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph 
Sterrett),  Third  Brigade  (Brigadier  General  John  Strieker), 
Third  Division  (Major  General  Samuel  Smith),  Maryland 
Militia,  at  Bladensburg,  August  24,  1814,  where  he  saved  the 
regimental  colors  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  and 
at  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 


1896.     COMEGYS,  BENJAMIN  BARTIS,  345 

Died  March  29,  1900. 

Son  of  Cornelius  Parsons  Comegys  (1780-1851),  in  United 
States  service  as  Major,  Fifth  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia.  He 
served  in  the  defense  of  Lewes,  Delaware,  at  the  bombardment 
by  the  British,  April  6-7,  1813.  Adjutant  General,  Delaware 
Militia,  September  5,  1814.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant, 
Fifth  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia,  December  26,  1814. 


1899.     COMEGYS,  EDWARD  TIFFIN,  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Deputy  407 

Surgeon  General,  United  States  Army, 

Died  August  31,  1906. 

Grandson  of  Cornelius  Parsons  Comegys  (1781-1851),  in  United 
States  service  as  Major,  Fifth  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia.  He 
served  in  the  defense  of  Lewes,  Delaware,  at  the  bombardment 
by  the  British,  April  6-7,  1813.  Adjutant  General,  Delaware 
Militia,  September  5,  1814.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant, 
Fifth  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia,  December  26,  1814. 


239 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.    DEWEY,  HIRAM  TODD,  288 

Died  July  n,  1901. 

Son  of  Jeremiah  Dewey  (1788-1849),  in  United  States  service  as 
Fifer,  in  Lieutenant  Witt  Lane's  Company,  Thirty-sixth  Regi- 
ment (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Thomas  Miller),  New 
York  State  Militia,  October  3O-November  3,  1813. 

1893.  DUDLEY,  AUGUSTUS  PALMER,  M.  D.,  211 

Died  July ,  1905. 

Grandson  of  Patrick  Dudley  ( 1850),  Ensign,  Captain  E. 

Percy's  Company,  Colonel  A.  Reed's  Regiment,  Massachusetts 
(or  Province  of  Maine)  Militia,  1812-13. 

Grandson  of  Francis  Wyman,  Orderly  Sergeant,  same  company 
and  regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  1812-13. 

1894.  FORBUSH,  WILLIAM  CURTIS,  Colonel,  United  States  Army,  281 

Died  January  15,  1906. 

Representative  of  Asa  Forbush  (1760-1818),  Private  in  West- 
boro  Company  of  Massachusetts  Militia. 

1895.  FRAZER,  JAMES  PATRIOT  WILSON  340 

Died  November  10,  1905. 

Grandson  of  John  Steele,  Junior  (1788-1853),  Captain,  Thirty- 
second  Regiment  Infantry  United  States  Army,  May  17,  1813. 
Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 

1895.    HADDOCK,  STANLEY  BRICKETT,  314 

Died  January  17,  1900. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Shinn  (1784-1825),  First  Troop,  Phila- 
delphia City  Cavalry;  also  Colonel,  Seventy-ninth  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 


240 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.     HART,  B VERIFY,  268 

Died  October  7,  1904. 

Grandson  of  John  Byerly  (1785-1837),  in  Second  Troop,  Phila- 
delphia City  Cavalry  (Captain  William  Rawle,  Junior),  attached 
to  the  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brig- 
adier General  Thomas  Cadwallader. 


1891.     HOFF,  WILLIAM  BAINBRIDGE,  Captain,  United  States  Navy,  61 

Died  May  22,  1903. 

Grandson  of  William  Bainbridge  (1774-1833),  Captain,  United 
States  Navy,  May  20,  1800.  Received  the  thanks  of  Congress 
and  gold  medal  for  capture  of  British  Frigate  "Java"  by  the 
United  States  Frigate  "Constitution,"  December  29,  1812.  In 
service  until  his  death,  July  27,  1833. 


1892.    KEIM,  BEVERLEY  RANDOLPH,  156 

Died  April  5,  1903. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Beverley  Randolph  ( 1867),  Second 

Lieutenant,  Light  Artillery,  United  States  Army,  January  3, 
1812 ;  Aide-de-Camp  to  Major  General  Morgan  Lewis  and  Brig- 
adier General  Leonard  Covington ;  First  Lieutenant,  January  20, 
1813  ;  Captain,  Twentieth  Infantry,  United  States  Army  (Colonel 
Thomas  M.  Randolph),  April  5,  1813;  volunteered  and  led  ad- 
vance which  stormed  and  carried  Queenston  Heights,  October  13, 
1812.  Resigned  February  6,  1815. 


1893.    McNAiR,  THOMAS  SPI&R,  182 

Died  July  25,  1901. 

Son  of  Thomas  McNair  (1790-1847),  in  United  States  service 
as  Corporal,  Captain  John  B.  Moorhead's  Company,  First  Regi- 
ment (Colonel  Maxwell  Kennedy),  First  Brigade  (Brigadier 
General  John  Forster),  Major  General  Nathaniel  Watson's  Di- 
vision, Pennsylvania  Militia,  September  i,  i8i4~March  5,  1815. 


241 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.  MACDONALD,  MALCOLM,  138 

Died  July  10,  1900. 

Grandson  of  John  McDonald  (1773-1826),  commissioned  Briga- 
dier General,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Maine  Militia,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1813. 

Grandson  of  John  Hyde  (1792-1861),  in  United  States  service 
as  Lieutenant,  Lieutenant  Colonel  William  Randall's  Regiment, 
Connecticut  Militia,  June  lo-july  13,  1813,  at  New  London,  and 
August  9-27,  1814,  at  battle  of  Stonington. 

1894.     MERWIN,  WALTER  LEE,  233 

Died  February  7,  1905. 

Grandson  of  Miles  Merwin  (1795-1879),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  Captain  Medad  Hotchkiss's  Company,  Connecticut 
Militia,  September  13-November  13,  1813;  also  Private,  in  Cap- 
tain John  Butler's  Company,  Colonel  Elihu  Sanford's  Regiment, 
Connecticut  Militia,  September  8-October  22,  1814. 

1893.  NICHOLS,  HENRY  KUHL,  185 

Died  November  23,  1904. 

Son  of  Francis  Boude  Nichols  ( 1881),  Midshipman,  United 

States  Navy,  June  18,  1812 ;  served  under  Captain  James  Law- 
rence, United  States  Navy.  Wounded  in  action  between  "Chesa- 
peake" and  "Shannon,"  June  i,  1813;  taken  prisoner  to  Halifax, 
Nova  Scotia,  and  afterward  exchanged.  Resigned  November  29, 
1813. 

1900.    OBERTEUFEER,  REECE  MARRINER,  414 

Died  July  22,  1906. 

Grandson  of  John  Nicholson  Moulder  (1792-1837),  Private, 
Captain  James  M.  Varnum's  Company  of  Infantry,  First  Bat- 
talion, Second  Regiment  (Colonel  William  Brent),  District  of 
Columbia  Militia,  July  19-26,  1813,  and  as  Private,  Captain  John 
Davidson's  Company  of  Light  Infantry,  First  (Magruder's) 
Regiment,  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  July  to  September,  1814. 

8538-16 


242 

ELECTED.  HTATK  No. 

1895.     PATTERSON,  WIUJAM  HOUSTON,  317 

Died  September  30,  1904. 

Son  of  Robert  Patterson  (1792-1881),  in  United  States  service  as 
Colonel,  Second  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  October  2, 
i8i2-April  2,  1813 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Twenty-second  Regiment 
of  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  April  5,  1813;  transferred  to 
Thirty-second  Infantry,  May  27,  1813;  Captain  and  Assistant 
Deputy  Quartermaster  General,  Fourth  United  States  Military 
District,  June  24,  i8i3-June  5,  1814;  Captain,  Thirty-second  In- 
fantry, April  19,  1813;  honorably  discharged,  June  15,  1815;  sub- 
sequently Major  General,  United  States  Volunteers,  in  Mexican 
and  Civil  Wars. 

1893.     PAULDING,  TATTNALL,  193 

Died  March  5,  1907. 

Son  of  Hiram  Paulding  (1797-1878),  Midshipman,  United 
States  Navy,  September  n,  1811.  Served  on  Lake  Ontario 
under  Commodore  Isaac  Chauncey,  and  on  Lake  Champlain  on 
"The  President,"  and  "Ticonderoga"  under  Commodore  Thomas 
Macdonough,  United  States  Navy,  and  as  an  officer  of  the  latter 
in  command  of  a  division  of  eight  guns ;  participated  in  the  battle 
of  Plattsburgh,  September  n,  1814.  Served  continuously 
through  successive  grades  to  his  death  as  Rear  Admiral  on  the 
retired  list,  October  20,  1878. 

1901.     REDMAN,  JOHN  LYNE,  418 

Died  January  23,  1905. 

Son  of  John  Redman,  in  the  United  States  service  as  Private, 
Fourth  Company  (Captain  Daniel  Schwarzauer),  Second  Bat- 
talion (Major  Joseph  Robinson),  Twenty-seventh  Regiment 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Kennedy  Long),  Third  Brigade  (Brigadier 
General  John  Strieker),  Third  Division  (Major  General  Samuel 
Smith),  Maryland  Militia,  August  19-November  18,  1814.  In 
battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry,  September  12-13, 
1814.  Served  in  the  Six  Gun  Battery  at  North  Point,  and  fired 
the  first  alarm  gun,  when  the  British  were  seen  coming  up  Chesa- 
peake Bay. 


243 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.     ROE,  FRANCIS  ASBURY,  Rear  Admiral,  United  States  Navy,  12 

Died  December  28,  1901. 

Son  of  Isaac  Roe  (1788-1858),  in  United  States  service  as  Third 
Sergeant,  Captain  James  Butter  worth's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Michael  Smith's  Consolidated  Regiment, 
New  York  Detached  Militia,  September  10— December  12,  1814. 

1891.     SANNO,  JAMES  MADISON  JOHNSTON,  Brigadier  General,  United       75 
States  Army, 

Died  May  4,  1907. 

Grandson  of  George  Michael  Sanno,  First  Lieutenant,  Captain 
George  Hendel's  Rifle  Company,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers.     In 
United  States  service  at  Buffalo,  August,  1814. 
Grandson  of  Conrad  Zeller,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 

1894.    STEVENS,  WILLIAM  COPPICE,  24 

Died  September  20,  1903. 

Grandson  of  William  Stevens  (1779-1822),  Lieutenant  of  Light 
Infantry,  First  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  1811 ;  also  First 
Lieutenant,  Thirty-fourth  Regiment  Infantry,  United  States 
Army,  April  30,  i8i3~May  31,  1814. 

1894.     STEVENSON,  JAMES  MADISON,  278 

Died  -  — . 

Son  of  John  E.  W.  Stevenson  (1793-1846),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  James  B.  Murray's  Company,  New 
York  State  Artillery,  Major  Commandant  Daniel  Edward  Duns- 
comb's  Battalion  of  Governor's  Guards,  New  York  State  Militia, 
September  2  to  December  3,  1814,  at  the  West  Battery,  New 
York  City. 

1891.     TOWLE,  GEORGE  FRANCIS,  Captain  and  Brevet  Lieutenant  14 

Colonel,  United  States  Army,  Died  June  21,  1900. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Towle  (1789-1838),  in  United  States  service 
as  Captain,  New  Hampshire  Detached  Militia,  Major  Command- 
ant John  Bassett,  July  3-November  30,  1812;  and  as  Captain, 
Major  Nathaniel  Sias'  Battalion,  New  Hampshire  Detached 
Militia,  September  10-27,  1814. 


244 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.    TURNER,  JAMES  VARNUM  PETER,  78 

Died  April  21,  1902. 

Grandson  of  William  Turner  (1775-1837),  Garrison  Surgeon's 
Mate,  United  States  Army,  September  29,  1810;  served  on  Flo- 
tilla of  Commodore  Oliver  Hazard  Perry,  United  States  Navy, 
1811-12;  Post  Surgeon,  April  24,  1816. 

Grandnephew  of  Peter  Turner   ( 1812),  Surgeon's  Mate, 

Artillery  Corps,  United  States  Army,  December  12,  i8o8-No- 
vember  5,  1812. 

Grandnephew  of  Daniel  Turner  (1795-1851),  Midshipman, 
United  States  Navy,  January  I,  1808;  Lieutenant,  United  States 
Navy,  March  12,  1813;  commanded  United  States  Ship  "Cale- 
donia," under  Commodore  Perry,  United  States  Navy,  at  battle 
of  Lake  Erie,  September  10,  1813.  Presented  with  a  sword  by 
the  State  of  New  York. 

Grandnephew  of  Henry  Edward  Turner  (1779-1820),  Midship- 
man, United  States  Navy,  November  20,  1814. 


1892.    VANUXEM,  Louis  CLARK,  168 

Died  December  21,  1903. 

Grandson  of  Lewis  Clark  Vanuxem   ( 1835),    in    United 

States  service  as  Private,  First  Troop,  Philadelphia  City  Cavalry 
(Captain  Charles  Ross),  attached  to  the  "Advance  Light  Bri- 
gade," Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brigadier  General  Thomas 
Cadwalader,  August  27-December  20,  1814. 


1894.    WAYNE,  HON.  WILLIAM,  239 

Died  November  20,  1901. 

Grandnephew  of  Isaac  Wayne  '(1768-1852),  Captain  of  Union 
Troop  of  Cavalry  (Chester  and  Delaware  Counties),  Pennsyl- 
vania Militia;  also  Colonel  of  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  Pennsylvania 
Volunteer  Militia,  1812-1814. 


245 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.    WICKERSHAM,  ROBERT  O'NEiLL,  248 

Died  June  5,  1901. 

Grandson  of  Robert  O'Neill  (1766-1874),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Sergeant  Major  of  First  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teer Artillery  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Andrew  M.  Prevost),  attached 
to  the  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Brig- 
adier General  Thomas  Cadwalader,  August  26,  i8i4-January 

3, 


1893.     WORTH,  WIUJAM  SCOTT,  Brigadier  General,  United  States          214 
Army,  Died  October  16,  1904. 

Son  of  William  Jenkins  Worth  (1794-1849),  First  Lieutenant, 
Twenty-third  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  March  19,  1813 ; 
Captain,  August  19,  1814;  Aide-de-Camp  to  Major  Generals  Mor- 
gan Lewis  and  Winfield  Scott,  and  Brigadier  General  John  P. 
Boyd,  United  States  Army;  Breveted  Captain  for  gallant  and 
distinguished  conduct  at  the  battle  of  Chippewa,  Canada,  July  5, 
1814,  and  Breveted  Major  for  distinguished  and  gallant  conduct 
at  the  battle  of  Niagara,  July  25,  1814,  where  he  was  severely 
wounded;  subsequently  Colonel,  Brigadier  General  and  Major 
General,  United  States  Army.  In  service  until  his  death,  May  7, 
1849. 


1894.     WRIGHT,  JACOB  RIDGWAY,  237 

Died  January  20,  1905. 

Grandson  of  Joseph  Wright  (1785  -  — ),  Third  Sergeant,  Cap- 
tain Peter  Hallock's  Company,  Thirty-sixth  Regiment,  Pennsyl- 
vania Militia,  1814. 


MARYLAND. 


ELECTED.  HTATK  So. 

1907.     BAUGHMAN,  GREER  HARRY,  xg^ 

Died  September  3,  1907. 

Grandson  of  George  Greer  (—  -  1826),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  Charles  Pennington's  Company,  "Baltimore 
Independent  Artillerists,"  First  Regiment  of  Artillery  (Lieuten- 
ant Colonel  David  Harris),  Maryland  Militia,  August  19-Novem- 
ber  30,  1814.  Participated  in  battles  of  North  Point  and  Fort 
McHenry,  September  12-13,  1814. 

1898.  BIRCKHEAD,  LENNOX,  143 

Died  January  28,  1905. 

Son  of  Hugh  Birckhead  (1788-1853),  Private,  "Independent 
Company"  (Captain  Samuel  Sterrett),  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett),  Maryland 
Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  and  at  Fort  McHenry, 
September  13,  1814. 

1895.     CARR,  WIUJAM  EDWIN,  119 

Died  March  8,  1906. 

Grandson  of  John  Wright  (1789-1875),  Second  Corporal, 
"Franklin  Artillery"  (Captain  John  Myers),  First  Regiment  Ar- 
tillery (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris),  Mary- 
land Militia.  Present  at  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August  24,  1814, 
and  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1899.  DOUGLASS,  BENJAMIN  DUN,  151 

Died  November  28,  1904. 

Great-grandson  of  George  Douglass  (1790-1869),  Private,  "Bal- 
timore Fencibles"  (Captain  Joshua  H.  Nicholson),  First  Regi- 
ment Artillery  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris), 
Maryland  Militia.  At  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

247 


248 

ELECTED. 

STATE  No. 

1894.      DULANY,   WILLIAM  JAMES   CLARKE,  95 

Died  February  13,  1903. 

Grandson  of  Samuel  Dulany  (1790-1840),  Private,  "Mechanical 
Volunteers"  (Captain  Benjamin  C.  Howard),  Fifth  Regiment 
Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett), 
Maryland  Militia.  Engaged  at  battles  of  Bladensburg,  August 
24,  and  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1895.     GILL,  NICHOLAS  RUPUS,  II2 

Died  October  30,  1905. 

Grandson  of  Stephen  Gill  (1781-1846),  Captain,  Forty-first  Regi- 
ment Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  William  Hutch- 
ins),  Maryland  Militia;  1814. 

1893.     GILL,  WILLIAM  HARRISON,  c2 

Died  February  20,  1905. 

Son  of  Lowry  Gill  (1797-1880),  Midshipman,  United  States 
Navy,  March  8,  1814;  served  on  United  States  Frigate  "Superior" 
under  Commodore  Isaac  Chauncey.  Resigned  January  21,  1815. 


HADEL,  ALBERT  KIMBERLY,  M.  D.,  e 

Died  April  4,  1905. 

Grandson  of  Nathaniel  Kimberly  (1775-1836),  Private,  "Wash- 
ington Blues"  (Captain  George  H.  Stewart),  Fifth  Regiment  In- 
fantry (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett),  Mary- 
land Militia.  At  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1894.    HILL,  SAMUEL  EMORY,  81 

Died  November  19,  1901. 

Son  of  Thomas  Gardiner  Hill  (1793-1849),  First  Sergeant  of 
Captain  John  McKane's  Company,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment 
Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Kennedy  Long), 
Maryland  Militia.  At  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


249 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1892.    HOUGH,  JOHN  EDWARD,  25 

Died  May  4,  1902. 

Grandson  of  John  T.  Sumwalt  (1791-1868),  Fourth  Corporal, 
"Washington  Artillery"  (Captain  John  Berry),  First  Regiment 
Artillery  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris), 
Maryland  Militia ;  1814.  Served  in  six-gun  battery  at  Fort  Mc- 
Henry,  September  12-13,  1814,  and  was  wounded  during  the 
engagement. 


1897.    HOUGH,  PUNY  MILES,  133 

Died  February  10,  1905. 

Grandson  of  John  T.  Sumwalt  (1791-1868),  Fourth  Corporal, 
"Washington  Artillery"  (Captain  John  Berry),  First  Regiment 
Artillery  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris), 
Maryland  Militia ;  1814.  Served  in  six-gun  battery  at  Fort  Mc- 
Henry,  September  12-13,  J8i4,  and  was  wounded  during  the 
engagement. 


1896.     KING,  CHARLES  ALFRED  ELY,  Lieutenant,  United  States  Navy.      127 

Died  December  25,  1900. 

Great-grandson  of  George  Ely  (1777 ),  Private,  in  Seventh 

Company  (Captain  George  Steever),  Twenty-seventh  Regiment 
Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Kennedy  Long), 
Maryland  Militia.  At  battle  of  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1896.     MARINE,  WILLIAM  MATTHEW,  123 

Died  March  2,  1904. 

Grandson  of  William  Knowles  (1785-1857),  served  as  Volun- 
teer in  the  defense  of  Lewes,  Delaware,  at  the  bombardment  by 
the  British,  April  6-7,  1813,  as  Private,  in  Captain  Thomas 
Rider's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Mitchell 
Haershaw's  Regiment,  Delaware  Militia.  Enlisted  at  Laurel, 
Delaware. 


250 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1893.     MEDAIRY,  GEORGE  ROBERTS,  46 

Died  February  9,  1904. 

Grandson  of  John  Medairy,  Private,  "Union  Volunteers"  (Cap- 
tain Christian  Adreon),  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry  (Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett),  Maryland  Militia.  At 
North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1893.     MEDAIRY,  JACOB  HENRY,  47 

Died  February  4,  1904. 

Son  of  John  Medairy,  Private,  "Union  Volunteers"  (Captain 
Christian  Adreon),  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett),  Maryland  Militia.  At  North 
Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1894.     REED,  JOHN  LUDOVICUS,  103 

Died  February  14,  1908. 

Son  of  Henry  L.  Reed  (1790-1886),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private,  in  Captain  John  R.  Jones'  Company,  Virginia  Militia, 
March  18-29,  1813,  and  as  Private,  in  Captain  George  Brooks' 
Company,  Virginia  Militia,  September  20-30,  1814. 


1894.     SADTLER,  CHRISTOPHER  COUJMBUS,  64 

Died  February  9,  1902. 

Son  of  Philip  B.  Sadtler  (1771-1860),  Captain,  "Baltimore  Yeag- 
ers,"  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Command- 
ant Joseph  Sterrett),  Maryland  Militia.  At  Bladensburg,  Au- 
gust 24,  and  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 

1892.     SCHMINKE,  FREDERICK  WIWJAM,  27 

Died , . 

Son  of  George  Schminke  (1776-1847),  Private,  "Baltimore  Yeag- 
ers"  (Captain  Philip  B.  Sadtler),  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry  (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett),  Maryland  Militia. 
At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


251 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

SMITH,  ROBERT  T.,  7 

Died  November  23,  1899. 

Son  of  Benjamin  B.  Smith  (1786-1833),  Private,  "Marine  Ar- 
tillery" (Captain  George  Stiles),  Maryland  Militia.  At  North 
Point,  September  12,  1814. 


1903.     SUMNER,  REV.  WIUJAM  HENRY,  S.  J.,  163 

Died  April  7,  1905. 

Son  of  Henry  Payson  Sumner  (1787-1839),  Third  Sergeant,  in 
"Independent  Company"  (Captain  Samuel  Sterrett),  Fifth  Regiw 
ment  Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Ster- 
rett), Maryland  Militia.  At  North  Point  and  Fort  McHenry, 
September  12-13,  1814. 


1896.    WII^ON,  JOHN  SANDFORD,  122 

Died  April  u,  1902. 

Grandson  of  John  Sandford  Wilson   (1786-1881),  Private,  in 
Captain  J.  B.  Snowden's  Company,  Maryland  Militia;  1814. 


1892.    WRIGHT,  JOHN  RANDOLPH,  3 

Died  July* 1 6,  1906. 

Son  of  John  Wright  (1789-1875),  Second  Corporal,  "Franklin 
Artillery"  (Captain  John  Myers),  First  Regiment  Artillery 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris),  Maryland 
Militia.  At  North  Point,  September  12,  1814. 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


ELECTED.  8TATK  No> 

1896.    Cox,  WIUJAM  EMERSON,  46 

Died  November  28,  1903. 

Grandson  of  Matthew  Cox  (1785-1850),  Lieutenant,  Fourth 
Regiment  Infantry,  Massachusetts  Detached  Militia  (Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Brimblecome),  Brigadier  General  Samuel 
G.  Derby's  Brigade,  Major  General  Amos  Hovey's  Division; 
1814. 

1901.    FREEMAN,  WILUAM,  76 

Died  September,  1905. 

Grandson  of  Thomas  Clarke  (1759-1832),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company,  sta- 
tioned at  Boston,  October  26-December  8,  1814. 

1896.    JOY,  WIUJAM  FRANCIS,  47 

Died  October  27,  1901. 

Grandson  of  Francis  Joy  (1788  ),  enlisted  as  Corporal,  in 

Captain  James  T.  B.  Romayne's  Company,  United  States  Corps 
of  Artillery,  January  4,  1813;  Sergeant,  July  26,  1814;  Quarter- 
master Sergeant,  September  I,  1816;  honorably  discharged  and 
re-enlisted,  1816;  Quartermaster  Sergeant,  in  Captain  Benjamin 
Kendrick  Pierce's  Company,  Artillery  Corps,  February  28,  1818; 
honorably  discharged,  October  7,  1822;  re-enlisted,  November  I, 
1822,  in  Battery  "I";  honorably  discharged,  November  i,  1827; 
re-enlisted  in  same  Battery,  November  I,  1827;  honorably  dis- 
charged, November  I,  1832,  as  Sergeant;  re-enlisted  in  same  Bat- 
tery, November  i,  1832;  honorably  discharged  as  Sergeant,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1837. 

253 


254 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1894.     PARKER,  MONTGOMERY  DAVIS,  Captain,  United  States  Army.  24 

Died  December  17,  1900. 

Great-grandson  of  Amasa  Davis    ( 1825),  Quartermaster 

General,  Massachusetts  Militia  (with  rank  of  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral) ;  1787-1822. 

1894.    PHILBROOK,  FREDERICK  BACON,  2 

Died  September  6,  1907. 

Grandson  of  Alfred  Spooner  Philbrook  (1802  ),  a  Volun- 
teer, who,  too  young  to  enlist,  was  present  with  the  company  in 
which  his  father  served  at  Fort  McClary,  New  Hampshire;  1812. 
Subsequently  a  Private,  in  the  Vermont  Militia;  1815. 
Also  great-grandson  of  Benjamin  Philbrook  (1768-1839),  Pri- 
vate, in  Captain  Robert  McNeil's  Company  of  Artillery,  Battalion 
of  New  Hampshire  Detached  Militia,  under  command  of  Major 
Timothy  Upham,  United  States  Army,  stationed  at  Fort  McClary, 
New  Hampshire  (Lieutenant  Colonel  John  Darrington,  Fourth 
Infantry,  United  States  Army,  Commandant),  for  the  defense  of 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and  Navy  Yard,  July  7-August 
31,  1812. 

Also  great-grandnephew  of  John  Sly,  Jr.  ( 1831),  in  United 

States  service  as  Private,  in  Captain  Joseph  Morrill,  Jr.'s  Com- 
pany, Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Edward  Fifield's  Regi- 
ment of  Infantry,  Vermont  Detached  Militia,  October  23~No- 
vember  30,  1812. 

Also  great-grandson  of  Jonathan  Bacon,  Private,  in  Captain  John 
Reed,  Jr.'s  Company,  Third  (Middlesex  County)  Regiment,  Mas- 
sachusetts Militia;  1815. 

1898.    RICHARDS,  JEREMIAH,  60 

Died  June  8,  1906. 

Grandson  of  John  Richards  (1781-1829),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Captain  Benjamin  B.  Appleton's  Company  of  Infan- 
try, Third  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Daniel  Messinger's) 
Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  September  16-October  10,  1814, 
for  the  defense  of  seaboard. 


255 

ELECTED.  STATB  NQ 

1895.     ROBBINS,  HOWARD  SUMMER,  33 

Died  October  13,  1906. 

Great-grandson  of  Josiah  Robbins  (1761-1850),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Eighth  Company  (Captain  Silas  Call),  Second 
Regiment  Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  John 
Steele),  "Western  Brigade,"  New  Hampshire  Detached  Militia 
(Brigadier  General  John  Montgomery),  stationed  at  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire,  for  defense  of  the  seaboard,  October  2-No- 
vember  n,  1814. 


1901.    WILLIAMS,  CHARTS  COUJER,  74 

Died  April  7,  1905. 

Grandson  of  Robert  Pearce  Williams  (1788-1851),  in  United 
States  service  as  Private,  in  Captain  George  Sullivan's  Company, 
Light  Infantry,  Second  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  June 
13-23,  1814;  stationed  at  Navy  Yard,  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts. 


1900.     WIZARD,  JAMES  LE  BARRON,  67 

Died , . 

Grandson  of  James  Le  Barren  (1780-1856),  owner  (with  James 
DeWolf  and  John  Smith,  all  of  Bristol,  Rhode  Island)  of  the 
Privateer  "Macdonough,"  which  was  built  in  Warren,  Rhode 
Island,  in  1815,  and  fitted  for  the  purpose  of  capturing  and  de- 
stroying vessels  belonging  to  Great  Britain,  under  a  letter  of 
marque  issued  by  James  Madison,  President  of  the  United  States. 


CONNECTICUT. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1891.     ALLEN,  Louis  JOSEPH,  Rear  Admiral,  United  States  Navy,  I 

Died  June  29,  1905. 

Grandson  of  Jacob  Stremback,  Jr.  (1792-1827),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  in  Captain  Jacob  H.  Fisher's  Independent 
Company,  "Junior  Artillerists,"  March  23-April  7,  1813. 
Also  great-grandson  of  Jacob  Stremback,  Sr.  (1755-1841),  in 
United  States  service  as  Private,  in  Captain  Henry  Meyer's  Com- 
pany, "Philadelphia  Blues,"  Fourth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  De- 
tached Militia,  May  13-June  18,  1813. 


1894.    BOWEN,  JAMES  BARTON,  21 

Died  March  9,  1907. 

Grandson  of  Rensselaer  Cooms  (1794-1877),  served  in  United 
States  Navy  on  Frigate  "Constitution,"  under  command  of  Cap- 
tain Isaac  Hull;  1812.  Wounded  in  action.  Also,  in  United 
States  service  as  Musician,  in  Captain  John  Chandless'  Company, 
Connecticut  Militia,  June  21-28,  1813. 


1894.     DEXAFIIXD,  AUGUSTUS  FLOYD,  12 

Died  July  18,  1904. 

Son  of  Edward  Delafield  (1795-1875),  in  United  States  service 
as  Surgeon's  Mate,  in  Major  James  T.  Leonard's  Battalion,  Sea 
Fencibles,  United  States  Volunteers,  October  4-December  5, 
1814;  Surgeon  of  same,  December  5,  i8i4-January  4,  1815. 
Served  in  the  defenses  of  New  York  City. 

8538—17 

257 


258 

EMCTED-  STATE  No. 

1894.    GRANNIS,  GEORGE  WASHINGTON,  22 

Died  January  27,  1901. 

Son  of  Alva  Grannis  (1794-1845),  one  of  the  crew  of  the  United 
States  Privateer  brig  "General  Armstrong,"  and  participating  in 
fight  with  the  enemy  in  the  harbor  of  Fayal,  Azores  Islands,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1814. 

1893.    VAN  DUERSEN,  WIIAIAM  WAI/TER,  5 

Died  May  31,  1901. 

Son  of  William  Van  Duerson,  Jr.,  Captain,  Third  Regiment, 
United  States  Artillery,  March  12,  i8i2-June  i,  1814. 

1893.     WAKEMAN,  JESUP,  p 

Died  April  3,  1904. 

Grandson  of  Lyman  Hull  (1776-1822),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  Second  Company,  Volunteer  Artillery  (Captain  Jere- 
miah Sturges),  First  Brigade  of  Connecticut  Volunteers  (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Commandant  Eli  Fowler)  ;  in  service  at  Mill 
River,  Connecticut,  May,  1814.  Period  of  service  not  stated. 


OHIO. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1897.    ELDER,  THE  MOST  REV.  WIU,IAM  HENRY,  D.  D.,  32 

Archbishop  of  Cincinnati, 

Died  October  31,  1904. 

Son  of  Basil  Spalding  Elder  (1773-1869),  Private,  "First  Balti- 
more Volunteer  Artillery"  (Captain  Abraham  Pyke),  First  Regi- 
ment Artillery  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  David  Harris), 
Maryland  Militia.  Participated  in  the  battle  of  North  Point,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1814. 


1897.    FOGG,  ARTHUR  LW>YD,  33 

Died  October  14,  1899. 

Grandson  of  Nathan  Fogg  (1768-1867),  in  United  States  service 
as  Sergeant,  in  Captain  Ware  Dearborn's  Company,  Third  Regi- 
ment of  Infantry  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Edward 
Sise),  "Western  Brigade,"  New  Hampshire  Detached  Militia 
(Brigadier  General  John  Montgomery)  ;  stationed  at  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire,  for  defense  of  the  seaboard,  sixty  days,  from 
October  12,  1814. 


1895.     WRIGHT,  GEORGE  BOH  AN,  Brigadier  General,  United  States  I 

Volunteers,  Died  September  i,  1903. 

Son  of  Spencer  Wright  (1797-1860),  First  Lieutenant,  in  Cap- 
tain Augustin  Munson's  Company  of  (Granville)  Ohio  Volun- 
teers. Was  surrendered  prisoner  of  war  by  Brigadier  General 
William  Hull,  United  States  Army,  to  the  British,  at  Detroit, 
Michigan,  August  16,  1812. 

259 


ILLINOIS. 

ELECTED.  STAT]B  No> 

1895.     WOODWARD,  THERON  ROYAL,  16 

Died  February  i,  1906. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Perkins,  Jr.  (1773-1813),  Private,  in 
Captain  Phineas  Williams'  Company,  Eleventh  Regiment,  United 
States  Infantry.  Enlisted  March  5,  1813.  Died  in  service  at  Bur- 
lingon,  Vermont,  April  24,  1813. 


261 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1898.     BEAU;,  CHARLES  FREDERICK  TIFFANY,  26 

Died  September  i,  1901. 

Grandson  of  Chester  Beale  (1790-1866),  Captain,  in  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Commandant  Daniel  Warner's  Regiment,  New  York 
State  Militia,  April  3,  1812. 

1897.     GARDNER,  GEORGE  CLINTON,  18 

Died  August  12,  1904. 

Son  of  Charles  Kitchell  Gardner  (1787-1869),  Ensign,  Sixth 
Infantry,  United  States  Army,  May  3,  1808;  Second  Lieutenant, 
June  10,  1809;  Regimental  Adjutant,  May  20,  1809,  to  April, 
1811,  when  he  was  appointed  Brigade  Major  and  Inspector  to 
Brigadier  General  Wade  Hampton;  First  Lieutenant,  March  9, 
1811 ;  Captain,  Third  Artillery,  July  6,  1812;  Brigade  Major  and 
Inspector  to  Brigadier  General  John  Armstrong,  August  4,  1812 ; 
transferred  to  Twenty-third  Infantry,  April  15,  1813;  Major, 
Twenty-fifth  Infantry,  June  26,  1813;  transferred  to  Third  In- 
fantry, May  17,  1815,  and  belonged  to  it  to  May  3,  1816;  Major 
and  Assistant  Adjutant  General,  Adjutant  and  Inspector  Gen- 
eral's Office,  Washington,  March  18,  1813;  Colonel  and  Adjutant 
General,  Ninth  Military  District,  Second  Division,  April  12,  1814; 
Brevetted  Lieutenant  Colonel,  February  5,  1815,  "for  distin- 
guished and  meritorious  services."  Participated  in  the  battles  of 
Chrysler's  Farm,  November  n,  1813,  and  Fort  Erie,  July  3, 
1814.  Resigned  May  17,  1818.  Author  (May  22,  1816)  of  the 
designation  of  companies  by  letters  of  the  alphabet. 

263 


264 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.     Roe,  FRANCIS  ASBURY,  Rear  Admiral,  United  States  Navy.  2. 

Died  December  28,  1901. 

Son  of  Isaac  Roe  (1788-1858),  in  United  States  service  as  Third 
Sergeant,  in  Captain  James  Butterworth's  Company,  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Michael  Smith's  Consolidated  Regiment,  New  York 
State  Militia,  September  lO-December  12,  1814. 

1896.  SMITH,  FRANK  BIRGE,  8 

Died  December  21,  1904. 

Grandson  of  Cyrus  Birge  (1797-1871),  Private,  in  Captain  Elijah 
Birge's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Luther  Dixon's  Regiment, 
Vermont  Detached  Militia,  October  to  November,  1813.  In 
service  at  Plattsburgh. 

1897.  TOWNSEND,  THOMAS  GERRY,  Captain,  United  States  Army.  19 

Died  May  13,  1902. 

Grandson  of  David  S.  Townsend  (1790-1853),  First  Lieutenant, 
Ninth  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry,  July  6,  1812 ;  Captain, 
same  regiment,  May  13,  1813 ;  severely  wounded  at  battle  of 
Chrysler's  Farm,  Canada,  November  n,  1813;  Major  and  Assist- 
ant Adjutant  General,  July  27,  1814;  honorably  discharged,  June 
15,  1815  ;  Paymaster,  Battalion  Corps  of  Artillery,  April  27,  1816; 
retained  as  Major  and  Paymaster,. ^une  I,  1821. 

1896.    WATKINS,  JOHN  ELERETH,  12 

Died  August  n,  1903. 

Grandson  of  John  Elfreth  (1788-1822),  in  United  States  service 
as  Private,  in  First  Troop,  Philadelphia  City  Cavalry  (Captain 
Charles  Ross),  attached  to  "Advance  Light  Brigade,"  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers  (Brigadier  General  Thomas  Cadwalader),  Au- 
gust 24-September  22,  1814. 

1898.  WHEELER,  JOSEPH,  Major  General,  United  States  Army.  25 

Died  January  25,  1906. 

Grandson  of  William  Hull  (1753-1825),  Brigadier  General 
United  States  Army ;  in  command  of  Northwestern  Army,  April 
8,  1812. 


NEW  YORK. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.    *BAKER,  HON.  GEORGE  COMSTOCK,  3 

Died  February  i,  1908. 

Great-grandson  of  Peter  Comstock  (1796-1874),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Abraham  Ostrander's  Company,  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-first  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant 
John  Stewart's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  September 
10-25,  1814;  Siege  of  Plattsburgh. 

*Incorporator. 

1902.     BELLAS,  HENRY  HOBART,  Captain,  United  States  Army  48 

(Retired),  (Honorary-Hereditary  Membership). 

Died  July  2,  1906. 

Grandson  of  William  Rudolph  Smith  (1787-1868),  in  United 
States  service  as  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Thirty-third  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Militia,  March  2i-June  n,  1814. 

1896.  NICHOLS,  THOMAS  BRAINERD,  M.D.,  12 

Died  October  3,  1899. 

Son  of  Levi  Nichols  (1789-1864),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private,  Captain  Thomas  Waterman's  Company,  Lieutenant  Col- 
onel Commandant  Luther  Dixon's  Regiment,  Vermont  Detached 
Militia,  September  25-November  18,  1813.  At  Plattsburgh,  New 
York. 

1897.  PECK,  WILLIAM  NOBLE,  22 

Died  September  I,  1901. 

Grandson  of  Daniel  Noble  (1792-1871),  in  United  States  service 
as  Sergeant,  Lieutenant  Ezra  Parkill's  Company,  Thirty-seventh 
(Noble's)  Regiment,  New  York  State  Militia,  August  1-5,  1813, 
Murray's  Raid,  Plattsburgh ;  served  as  a  Volunteer  at  the  battle 
of  Plattsburgh,  September,  1814. 

265 


266 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1901.    RICHARDS,  JEREMIAH,  34 

Died  June  8,  1906. 

Grandson  of  John  Richards  (1781-1829),  in  United  States  serv- 
ice as  Private,  Captain  Benjamin  B.  Appleton's  Company,  Third 
(Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Daniel  Messenger's)  Regi- 
ment, Third  Brigade,  First  Division,  Massachusetts  Militia,  Sep- 
tember lo-October  10,  1814,  "in  defense  of  the  seaboard." 

1903.    RICHARDS,  WIUJAM  STIGER,  57 

Died  August  16,  1905. 

Great-grandson  of  John  Richards  (1781-1829),  in  United  States 
service  as  Private,  Captain  Benjamin  B.  Appleton's  Company, 
Third  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Daniel  Messenger's) 
Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  First  Division,  Massachusetts  Militia, 
September  lo-October  10,  1814,  "in  defense  of  the  seaboard." 


NEW  JERSEY. 


ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1905.     CRONK,  HIRAM  (Veteran  Member).  36 

Born  in  Frankfort,  Herkimer  County,  New  York,  December  16, 
1799.  Died  at  Dunn  Brook,  Oneida  County,  New  York,  May  13, 
1905.  In  United  States  service  as  Private,  in  Captain  Edmund 
Fuller's  Company,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh  Regiment, 
New  York  State  Militia  (Major  Commandant  John  Westcott). 
Enlisted  at  Western,  Oneida  County,  New  York,  August  2,  1814. 
Honorably  discharged  at  Sackett's  Harbor,  November  16,  1814. 


1898.     HARRISON,  HON.  BENJAMIN  (Life  Membership).  14 

Died  March  13,  1901. 

Grandson  of  William  Henry  Harrison  (1773-1841),  Brigadier 
General,  United  States  Army,  August  22,  1812 ;  Major  General, 
United  States  Army,  March  2,  1813 ;  resigned  May  31,  1814.  Re- 
ceived thanks  of  Congress  April  4,  1814,  for  his  victory  over 
Major  General  Proctor's  forces  at  the  battle  of  the  Thames,  Can- 
ada, October  5,  1813. 


1898.     HOLDEN,  JAMES  COTTOR  (Life  Membership),  n 

Died  January  13,  1908. 

Son  of  Horace  Holden  (1793-1862),  in  United  States  service  as 
Third  Lieutenant,  in  Captain  Daniel  Kilburn's  Company  of  Ar- 
tillery (Orange,  Essex  County),  attached  to  Second  Regiment  of 
Infantry,  New  Jersey  Detached  Militia  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant John  Seward),  September  i,  1814,  to  serve  until  re- 
lieved; appointed  Major  and  Aide-de-Camp,  staff  of  Brigadier 
General  William  Colfax,  Commanding  Brigade,  New  Jersey  De- 
tached Militia,  stationed  at  Paulus  Hook  (Jersey  City)  and  the 
Highlands,  near  Sandy  Hook,  New  Jersey.  Discharged  Decem- 
ber 5,  1814. 

267 


268 

El<B!CTBD-  STATE  No. 

1904.    LORTON,  ALFRED  HATHAWAY,  34 

Died  April  23,  1908. 

Son  of  Lewis  R.  Lorton  (1796-1849),  in  United  States  service  as 
Private,  in  Captain  Dykeman's  Company,  and  in  Captain  Peter 
Van  Brugh  Livingston's  Company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Com- 
mandant Jasper  Ward's  Second  Regiment,  New  York  Militia, 
October  25-December  3,  1814. 


269 


DELAWARE. 

ELECTED.  STATE  No. 

1896.     COWMAN,  RIGHT  REVEREND  LEIGHTON,  S.  T.  D.,  LL.  D.,  3 

Bishop  of  Delaware. 

Died  December  14,  1907. 

Grandson  of  John  Coleman,  in  United  States  service  as  Private, 
in  Captain  Samuel  Sterrett's  "Independent  Company,"  Fifth 
Regiment  (Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Joseph  Sterrett), 
Third  Brigade,  Brigadier  General  John  Strieker,  Third  Division 
(Major  General  Samuel  Smith),  Maryland  Militia,  at  Bladens- 
burg,  August  24,  1814,  where  he  saved  the  regimental  colors  from 
falling  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  and  at  North  Point,  Septem- 
ber 12,  and  at  Fort  McHenry,  September  13,  1814. 

1902.    WOODMAN,  ANDREW  JACKSON,  17 

Died  October  28,  1906. 

Son  of  Stephen  Woodman  (1792-1871),  Second  Lieutenant, 
Thirty-third  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  April  30,  1813;  First 
Lieutenant,  May  31,  1814.  Honorably  discharged  June  15,  1815. 


ADDENDA. 


ACT  OF  CONGRESS 

Relating  to  the   Insignia  of   Military  Societies,  with   Decisions  of  the 
Secretary  of  War  thereon. 


JOINT  RESOLUTION  granting  permission  to  officers  and  enlisted  men 
of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  to  wear  the  badges  adopted  by 
Military  Societies  of  men  who  served  in  the  War  of  tne  Revolution,  the  War 
of  Eighteen  Hundred  and  Twelve,  the  Mexican  War,  and  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  distinctive  badges  adopted  by 
Military  Societies  of  men  who  served  in  the  Armies  and  Navies  of  the  United 
States  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  the  War  of  Eighteen  Hundred  and 
Twelve,  the  Mexican  War,  and  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  respectively,  may 
be  worn  upon  all  occasions  of  ceremony*  by  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the 
Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  who  are  members  of  said  organizations 
in  their  own  right. 

Approved,  September  25,  1890. 

Decision  of  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  April  25,  1891. 

Officers  of  the  Army  who  are  members  by  inheritance  of  any  of  the 
Societies  referred  to  in  the  act  of  September  25,  1890,  published  in  General 
Orders,  No.  133.  °f  November  18,  1890,  from  this  office,  are  entitled  to  wear 
the  badges  adopted  by  such  Societies  on  occasions  of  ceremony.*  {Circular 
No.  4.,  Head  Qrs.  of  the  Army,  A.  G.  O.,  Washington,  May  p,  1897.) 

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